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Cornu aspersum leaving mucus-conserving trail over dry brick. The belly visibly leaves the ground in two places in a wave motion without dragging. That wave motion is independent of the wave of muscular contraction that drives the locomotion. Snail climbing grass SMC 07 Cornu aspersum leaving mucus-conserving trail, as seen from above
Cornu aspersum in warm regions commonly emerges in moist weather in winter.. Ferric sodium EDTA works by interacting with and destroying hemocyanin, a copper based compound found in the blood of molluscs and arthropods which is used to carry oxygen, similar to hemoglobin found in vertebrates, and typically kills snails and slugs in a matter of days following exposure.
It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropogenic habitats, and some became invasive on other continents. A number of species in this family are valued as food items, including Cornu aspersum (formerly Helix aspersa; "petit gris") the brown or garden snail, and Helix pomatia (the "escargot"). [1]
Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774) Cornu cephalaeditana (Giannuzzi-Savelli, Sparacio & Oliva, 1986) Cornu cretense Hausdorf, Bamberger & Walther, 2020 Cornu insolida (Monterosato, 1892) Cornu mazzullii (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) Synonyms [1] Cornu (Cornu) Born, 1778 Cornu (Erctella) Monterosato, 1894 Cryptomphalus Charpentier, 1837 Erctella ...
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SEM image of lateral view of a love dart of the land snail Monachoides vicinus.The scale bar is 500 μm (0.5 mm). Drawing showing a side view of the love dart of the edible snail Helix pomatia. 1 = flared base of the dart. 2 = position of the inner cavity. 3 = longitudinal flanges or vanes. 4 = sharp tip or blade of the dart A love dart from Cornu aspersum (garden snail) on a ruler for ...
Terms such as "garden snail" or "common brown garden snail" are rather meaningless, since they refer to so many types of snails, but they sometimes mean C. aspersum. Cornu aspersum, formerly officially called Helix aspersa Müller, is also known as the French petit gris, "small grey snail", the escargot chagrine, or la zigrinata.
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda is a diverse and highly successful class of mollusks within the phylum Mollusca.