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Spanish Snail

Otala lactea

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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.

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Otala lactea

Species ID Suggestions

Garden Snail

Helix aspersa

Reference Link
LarsKorb
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Comments (2)
CindyBinghamKeiser
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!
Saarbrigger
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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Southern California Wildlife
Garden Snails of California
Mission
Spirals in Nature - Midwestern US

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PublishedFebruary 15, 2012

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