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Brown Lipped Snail

Cepaea Nemoralis

Description:

The grove snail or brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. It is one of the most common species of land snail in Europe and has been introduced to North America.

Habitat:

Found these guys in the dunes in Tramore

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4 Comments

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

Nice series.

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 10 years ago

I've moved this snail from the Arthropod category to the Other category for you. Snails and Slugs are Mollusks. Arthropods have an exoskelaton and jointed limbs in at least one phase of their life. Think dragonfly, bee, crab, and ant.

Christiane
Christiane 12 years ago

Great shots..

ceherzog
ceherzog 12 years ago

Very nice series!

LisaGrant
Spotted by
LisaGrant

Ireland

Spotted on Jul 8, 2011
Submitted on Jul 9, 2011

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