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Habitat:

Rotten wood

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
SRoot
...and H. pomatia is only a European snail.
SRoot
No... Not Helix. The pic may be deceiving. My snail is about 5mm across and flattened. It is Xolotrema.
HemaShah
@sroot. According to this chart,this definitely is a Helix http://www.petsnails.co.uk/documents/species/id-your-snail.html We have beautiful snails out here and I am looking for a snail expert. Same species can have a different colored body and a different colored shell ,other things remainig the same.
HemaShah
usually Helix Pomatia are found in regions with limestone/ We have a lot of limestone and a lot of Helix pomatias too.
SRoot
No... No limestone whatsoever. Is there usually a link between available calcium and the number of whorls? I thought it was just an indicator of age?
HemaShah
Looks like the shell has five whorls. Do you have limestone in the soil?

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