Snails

Parts of a snail

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Common snail identification guide 

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• Shell length greater than width

• ​shell wider than long 

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Shell longer than wide

• shell opening less than half the length of shell - Cochlicopa lubrica, glossy pillar

Cochlicopa lubrica, glossy pillar

•  Shell opening half or more the length of the shell - Succineidae, amber snails 
  
  
  

Succineidae, amber snails

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Shell wider than long

• mottled, banded, or striped shell

• without mottling, stripes, or bands, shell basically of one color

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Mottled, banded, or striped shell

1. Edge of shell angled or narrowly rounded-Candidula intersecta, wrinkled dune snail 

Candidula intersecta, wrinkled dune snail

2. Edge of shell evenly rounded and...

...body cream to tan. Umbilicus partially to completely covered- Cepaea nemoralis, grove snail

 

Cepaea nemoralis, grove snail

...body brown. Umbilicus partially to completely covered (as above) - Helix aspersa, European brown garden snail.

Helix aspersa, European brown garden snail