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Grove Snail, immature

Cepaea nemoralis

Description:

The color of the shell of Cepaea nemoralis is very variable, reddish, brownish, yellow or whitish, with or without dark brown colour bands. Apertural lip usually dark brown, rarely white. The umbilicus is narrow but open in juveniles, closed in adults. For every colour variant names were established in the 1800s; this was later abandoned. The surface of the shell is semi-glossy,

Habitat:

Most known variations are found in western Europe

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5 Comments

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

thanks courtney

courtneyhitson
courtneyhitson 12 years ago

Beautiful series!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

A real beauty!

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

Thanks Sachin

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Very Nice capture,

LarsKorb
Spotted by
LarsKorb

Schönstedt, Freistaat Thüringen, Germany

Spotted on Apr 23, 2012
Submitted on Apr 23, 2012

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