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Field Notes

Description:

Brown and creme colored snail shell with odd pattern.

Habitat:

High up on bougainvillea leaf in backyard

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
HemaShah
@ Cindy . i am reading some stuff on snails. Will have a look after that!
HemaShah
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7377698 I see a similarity between your snail and the above spotting. check it out.
CindyBinghamKeiser
Hi Emma, most likely it is. I'm not sure why it's colored this way. Could it be dead and decaying? In some molt state? I know nothing about snails so I'm at a loss :)

Spotted for Missions

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Southern California Wildlife
Garden Snails of California
Mission
Spirals in Nature - Midwestern US

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PublishedNovember 9, 2011

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