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Garden Snail

Helix aspersa

Photo by belterbabe
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Field Notes

Description:

Common garden snail, crossing the Costco parking lot.

Habitat:

Native to Europe

Notes:

Brought to the US in early 1900s by a man who'd eaten snails in France and wanted them in US. He reportedly dumped a bucket of them in his garden in New Jersey and they spread across the continent.

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Helix aspersa

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
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.

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PublishedApril 27, 2011

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