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Common Garden Snail

Helix aspersa

Photo by LeanneGardner
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Field Notes

Description:

Shell width was about 4cm.

Habitat:

I found this snail at night time after work. It had been raining for days. It's the first snail I've seen for many years. There is some undisturbed bushland nearby.

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Helix aspersa

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Common Garden Snail

Helix aspersa

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Neil Ross
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Comments (8)
Ava T-B
I've moved this snail from the Arthropod category to the Other category for you. Snails and slugs are Mollusks. Arthropods have an exoskeleton and jointed limbs in at least one phase of their life. Think dragonfly, bee, crab, and ant.
LeanneGardner
I'm unsure? Maybe Christiane can answer that for you :)
LeanneGardner
I was so surprised to see him! Something I never expected, a common snail :) I don't know that I could ever bring myself to eat one :)
MartinL
He looks like he's been buried for some time. Would you like me to send you some?
Neil Ross
Same down here in Brisbane, Leanne. It's years since I've seen one. Grasshoppers and ants make up for it though.
Christiane
Looks like the snails they eat here in Europe.. ;)

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