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Brown Lipped Snail

Cepaea Nemoralis

Photo by LisaGrant
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Field Notes

Description:

The grove snail or brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. It is one of the most common species of land snail in Europe and has been introduced to North America.

Habitat:

Found these guys in the dunes in Tramore

Reference Links:

Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758), Grove snail

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
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 exoskelaton and jointed limbs in at least one phase of their life. Think dragonfly, bee, crab, and ant.

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PublishedJuly 9, 2011

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