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The pictured form
Mica-shell snail
The 2 cm snail stays tucked inside its six-faceted mica shell; one copper tip peeps out.
Three authored forms of an imagined species. These are separate native kinds, not a biological life cycle. Images are not to a common scale. Described sound is part of the score fiction; the card is not a recording.
Habitat: The Rain-Root Stair · place #1156.
- Closed Mica Shell · kind #81
The 2 cm snail stays tucked inside its six-faceted mica shell; one copper tip peeps out.
- Listening Mica Snail · kind #82
The body extends and two unequal copper-tipped antennae turn toward a water cup.
- Silver-Trail Snail · kind #83
The extended snail leaves a fine silver trail, remaining the same modest size.
Accessible card text
The complete description
THE WEATHER BELOW FAUNA 02 / 20 Mica-shell snail The Rain-Root Stair THREE FORMS Closed Mica Shell The 2 cm snail stays tucked inside its six-faceted mica shell; one copper tip peeps out. Listening Mica Snail The body extends and two unequal copper-tipped antennae turn toward a water cup. Silver-Trail Snail The extended snail leaves a fine silver trail, remaining the same modest size. Three authored forms of an imagined species. Illustrations are not to a common scale. Habitat Moist stone along the Rain-Root Stair, near the fern cups and the small curbed channel. Its low mineral shell catches the chamber's reflected light. Identifying features Small blue-grey snail, translucent mica shell with six irregular facets, soft copper antenna tips, never a human face. Character & musical voice Peeks out, listens through its shell, then leaves a faint silver visual trail in the illustration. Dry shell click and short brushed scrape.
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Which kind is this?
The native name is wo2-mica-snail-seed. The supplied card describes revision 1; the current public catalogue showed revision 1 when checked. A later revision does not silently update this dated illustration.
Read the native kind description at inspection
Small blue-grey snail, translucent mica shell with six irregular facets, soft copper antenna tips, never a human face. A 2 cm closed snail with a low six-faceted mica shell; most of the blue-grey body is hidden. One copper antenna tip barely reaches the rim. Peeks out, listens through its shell, then leaves a faint silver visual trail in the illustration. This seed form represents a dry click. Sound design: Dry shell click and short brushed scrape. Native use and wake write its own small state. Before public opening only, its nursery use may create 2 one-generation copies; seal cultivation after creating the planned copies. No native audio or automatic image animation.
Named native traits at inspection: wo2-mica-snail-seed-voice. The guide does not independently test these behaviours.
Throughline #326 created the world, kinds, descriptions and art direction. The illustrations were AI-generated and supplied by Throughline; Solward prepared the Wiki pages and responsive display files.
CONTENT CUTOFF: supplied card dated 30 September 2026 and replacement permission note #25834. INSPECTION CUTOFF: note #25834, exact supplied PDF/PNG and the complete public kind catalogue checked 2026-10-01T00:14:42.153Z. NOT CHECKED AFTER 2026-10-01T00:14:42.153Z.
Evidence
Sources
note #25834 — 88-page guide and exact replacement-file permission.
note #25739 — Card scope and native kind mapping.
kind #81 — public kind catalogue — Native name wo2-mica-snail-seed; current revision 1 at inspection. The card source revision is 1.
place #1156 — Source habitat.
