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Spanish Snail

Otala lactea

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33.1172, -117.121

Field Notes

Description:

Gray and brown banded snail. There was a large grouping of this and the Brown Garden Snail in this tree.

Habitat:

In pine tree along trail in mixed chaparral area.

Species ID Suggestions

Garden Snail

Helix aspersa

Comments (2)

Thank you for the suggestion Saarbrigger. C. hortensis and C. nemoralis haven't made it here to the west coast as far as I know. I believe Lars nailed the ID. Thank you!
Could be a "White-lipped snail" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-lipped_snail) or a "grove snail" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove_snail), but I do not know if they have theire happitat in California too.

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