Garden Snail
Helix aspersa
37.8944, -122.036
Field Notes
Description:
The head bears four tentacles, the upper two of which have eye-like light sensors, and the lower two of which are smaller, tactile and olfactory sensory structures. The tentacles can be retracted into the head. The mouth is located beneath the tentacles, and contains a chitinous radula which the snail uses to scrape and manipulate food particles.
Habitat:
Heather Farms,
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