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Striped Snail

Cepaea vindobonensis

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Field Notes

Description:

Cepaea is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails. The shells of species within this genus are often brightly colored and patterned with stripes.

Habitat:

Among shrubs, in open lands and rocky slopes, plains, warm hills, and vegetated valley slopes.

Species ID Suggestions

Striped Snail

Cepaea

Reference Link
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Comments (2)
iPhotography
Thank you very much for your info Annika! Yes I think this species must be the Cepaea Vindobonensis. For more info on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepaea_vindobonensis Thank you again for helping me ID this species! :)
Annika
This snail might be Monacha spp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monacha (in your region), Cepaea spp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepaea http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cepaea_vindobonensis (not in your region but the descriptions fit better), or Theba pisana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theba_pisana (description and location match). Any suggestions? This site was helpful as well: http://www.idtools.org/id/mollusc/tool_use.php

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PublishedAugust 13, 2013

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