A close-up of a snail slowly navigating a rough stone surface.
#141

Grove Snail

Cepaea nemoralis

Easy Least concern Photographed

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Distribution

Range

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Quick facts

Group
Molluscs
Family
Helicidae
Size
18–25 mm (shell)
Diet
Detritivore
Lifespan
3–8 yrs
Habitat
Woodland edges, Hedgerows, Dunes, Gardens

About

Cepaea nemoralis, the grove snail, brown-lipped snail or lemon snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. Cepaea nemoralis is the type species of the genus Cepaea.

Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.

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