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The white-lipped snail or garden banded snail, scientific name Cepaea hortensis, is a large species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae. The only other species in the genus is Cepaea nemoralis .
A comparison between Cepaea hortensis (left) and Caucasotachea vindobonensis (right). For a long time, four species were classified in the genus Cepaea.However, molecular phylogenetic studies suggested that two of them should be placed in the genera Macularia and Caucasotachea, which are not immediate relatives of either Cepaea or each other: [3] [4]
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 right-hand coiled, globular shell of C. vindobonensis is 17–21 mm high and 20–25 mm broad with 5.5–6 whorls. [6] In adults, the umbilicus is completely covered. . The lip is brown at its inner end becoming pale towards the suture; this distinguishes it from the conchological similar Cepaea hortensis (usually pure white lip) and Cepaea nemoralis (usually a dark brown lip), with which ...
The peristome is white and thickened with a strong white lip. [8] [4] The umbilicus is rapidly narrowing to a narrow, deep perforation. [4] The width of umbilicus is one-eighth the greatest diameter. [4] The width of the shell is 15 mm. [8] [4] The height of the shell is 8.5 mm. [4]
Crepidula plana, common name the eastern white slippersnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and hat snails. [1] This species is characterized by a flat white shell, a white body, and development that includes a planktotrophic larval ...
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Theba pisana, common names the white garden snail, sand hill snail, white Italian snail, Mediterranean coastal snail, and simply just the Mediterranean snail, is an edible species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.