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Field Notes

Description:

A snail we found on the beach

Habitat:

Beach / Sea

Species ID Suggestions

Snail
kurayamineko15
1

Periwinkle snail?
marmar414
1

Plough Snail

Bullia natalensis

Reference Link
Moara
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Comments (2)
Moara
There are 3 species of Bullia in South Africa. They all use their foot like a sail to surf up and down the beach with the tide.
Edith
Could this be laver spire shell snail? http://www.weichtiere.at/english/gastropoda/sea/coast.html
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PublishedMarch 6, 2011

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