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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 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 ...
Cantareus apertus inhabits Mediterranean shrublands, near cultivated fields, gardens. [3] In Gavdos (Greece) also in woodland spreading on recently abandoned cultivated fields, more rarely in natural habitats. [3] In Crete this species is active for 3–4 months after the first rainfalls in October. It aestivates buried relatively deep in the ...
The microscopic cave snail Zospeum tholussum, found at depths of 743 to 1,392 m (2,438 to 4,567 ft) in the Lukina Jama–Trojama cave system of Croatia, is completely blind with a translucent shell Troglofauna are small cave -dwelling animals that have adapted to their dark surroundings.
The decollate snail, scientific name Rumina decollata, is a medium-sized predatory land snail, a species of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. [4] It originated in the Mediterranean but has been introduced in a number of areas worldwide. It was recently found to represent a species complex. [5]
Helicidae is a large, diverse family of western Palaearctic, medium to large-sized, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails."It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropogenic habitats, and some became invasive on other continents.
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Zospeum tholussum or the domed land snail, [2] is a cave-dwelling species of air-breathing land snails in the family Ellobiidae. It is a very small species, with a shell height of less than 2 mm (0.08 in) and a shell width of around 1 mm (0.04 in). Z. tholussum individuals are completely blind and possess translucent shells with five to six ...