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White-lipped snail

Cepaea hortensis

Description:

is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. It is a close relative of the grove snail also known as the brown-lipped snail.

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White-lipped snail
Cepaea hortensis White-lipped snail


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CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Related to the Grove snail (C nemoralis). C hortensis have white along the aperture (opening) where as the Grove snail has brown.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 13 years ago

Snails

Scarletthdz
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Scarletthdz

Versailles, Île-de-France, Tromelin Island

Spotted on Mar 30, 2010
Submitted on Feb 25, 2011

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