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Land snail or semi-slug

Plutonia lamarckii

Description:

Looks like a land snail with an under developed shell. Beautiful glossy brownish snail with delicate greenish patterns on the shell!

Notes:

Found it on the trekking trail (Triund, Himachal Pradesh, India).


1 species ID suggestions

6 Comments

surekha
surekha 10 months ago

Thanks again, martinl. Think I'll go with it, though I could not find one that resembles more.

surekha
surekha 10 months ago

:) Thanks so much for the lead, martinl. I could track it to 'Semi-slug' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-slug.
http://www.molluscs.at/gastropoda/terres...
I found this on the mountains, close to wet leaves and rocks.
Looking at Plutonia lamarckii........

martinl
martinl 10 months ago

HA!!! A cross between a snail and slug. Fascinating evolutionary link. Some call it a snug =)

surekha
surekha 11 months ago

Thanks for viewing, Emma :)

surekha
surekha 11 months ago

Not sure, Emma! It is possible as it was found on the rocks lying on the trekking track. It was also soft, so it could be growing.

Hemma
Hemma 11 months ago

Do you think that it's shell could have been broken?

Himachal Pradesh, India

Lat: 32.25, Long: 76.35

Spotted on Jun 24, 2012
Submitted on Jul 18, 2012

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