This, I think, is a Girdled snail, Hygromia cinctella, or possibly a Trochoidea elegans, elegantly climbing a dandelion leaf:
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| Sitting on breakfast |
My friends over at El Cargol del Montseny (appropriately, 'The Montseny Snail') suggest that it might be Helix aspersa or Helix pomatia, but this one had a flattened profile, not the fat round of the Roman snail.
Anyone out there an expert on snails?
2 comments:
Sembla un Helix Aspersa. Un fantàstic exemplar, digne del teu Croft.
Ho he tornat a mirar i té els colors de l'Helix Aspersa, conegut a Catalunya com cargol bover, però la petxina és la del Helix Pomatia o cargol de vinya.
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