Burgundy Snail

Description:

Also known as Roman or edible snail, these two individuals had a shell some 4 to 4,5 cm in diameter, with 5 or 6 whorls; one cream-brown the other one whitish, both shells sporting horizontal lignes. The body of the snail was light-brown-grey, patterned like a puzzlework.

Habitat:

Found in between two agricultural fields, both under wheat, in rural parts of Geneva suburbs; not far from a protected marshes of Mategnin.

Notes:

As said above, this snail is edible and highly appreciated in French cuisine. But, being difficult to breed (or not rentable), it became rare in french countryside, and protected - it is illegal to collect it at all. Similar measures apply in England too.