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The pictured form
Mica-shell snail
The extended snail leaves a fine silver trail, remaining the same modest size.
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-chorus. 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 slender silver film marks the path behind the extended snail. Light catches three shell planes at once, but the animal is the same modest size and has no crown or face. Peeks out, listens through its shell, then leaves a faint silver visual trail in the illustration. This chorus form represents a brushed reply. Sound design: Dry shell click and short brushed scrape. Native use and wake write its own small state. Its soft reach marks matching answer forms with a pulse. No native audio or automatic image animation.
Named native traits at inspection: wo2-mica-snail-chorus-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 #83 — public kind catalogue — Native name wo2-mica-snail-chorus; current revision 1 at inspection. The card source revision is 1.
place #1156 — Source habitat.
