Snails
Parts of a snail
Common snail identification guide
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Shell longer than wide
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Shell wider than long
Mottled, banded, or striped shell
...body brown. Umbilicus partially to completely covered (as above). Shell brown with lighter brown broken bands and some irregular cream-yellow streaks - Cornu aspersum, European brown garden snail.
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...body reddish brown. Umbilicus open. Shell yellow-brown to dark red-brown with yellow and black stripes. - Monadenia columbianus, Pacific sideband.
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Shell of one color (no bands or stripes)
1. Spiral grooves on at least inner whorls of shell (results in a “beaded” appearance)-Ancotrema and Haplotrema, lancetooth snails
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2. No spiral grooves on whorls of shell and...
...shell usually with “hairs.” Edge of shell of adults with upturned lip - Vespericola sp., hesperian snails.
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