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The shell of the snail is 3.3–4.2 mm in height, with a diameter of 7.4–8.1 mm. The colour is dark reddish-brown with zigzagging cream flammulations (flame-like markings). The shape is discoidal with a flat to slightly sunken spire, rounded whorls, impressed sutures, and with moderately closely-spaced radial ribs. The umbilicus is widely open.
The grove snail, brown-lipped snail or lemon snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. [3] It is one of the most common large species of land snail in Europe, and has been introduced to North America. Subspecies. Cepaea nemoralis etrusca (Rossmässler, 1835) [4]
The largest living species is the Giant African Snail or Ghana Tiger Snail (Achatina achatina; Family Achatinidae), which can measure up to 30 cm. [13] [14] The largest land snails of non-tropical Eurasia are endemic Caucasian snails Helix buchi and Helix goderdziana from the south-eastern Black Sea area in Georgia and Turkey; diameter of the ...
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Cochlicella acuta, common name the pointed snail, is a species of small but very high-spired, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. [ 2 ] Distribution
Cornu aspersum in warm regions commonly emerges in moist weather in winter. Sinistral form (exceptional) and dextral form (common) The adult bears a hard, thin calcareous shell 25–40 millimetres (1– 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) in diameter and 25–35 millimetres (1– 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) high, with four or five whorls.
The ear-shaped shell of mature snails is 7.1–8.3 mm in height, with a diameter of 15.6–17.7 mm, discoidal with a flat spire and impressed sutures. It is dark reddish-brown with indistinct zigzag, cream-coloured flammulations (flame-like markings). The umbilicus is moderately wide. The ovately lunate aperture is flattened on the upper edge ...
Cernuella virgata Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Stylommatophora Family: Geomitridae Genus: Cernuella Subgenus: Cernuella subg. Cernuella Species: C. virgata Binomial name Cernuella virgata (Da Costa, 1778) Synonyms See list Cernuella virgata, also known as Helicella virgata, common name, the "vineyard snail", is a ...