Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Cepaea hortensis
Helix hortensis
White-lipped snail
small banded snail
Collection ID:
Z555.1.165
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 3 specimens. Terrestrial mollusc. Smooth, coiled shell with 5-6 whorls. The lip of this shell is white hence the vernacular name, and the rest of the shell ranges in colour from yellow, olives and browns but these 3 specimens are yellow. Some also have banded spiral stripes. Found often in greenhouses.
Field collection
| Collector | Robert Rendall |
References
| Reference literature | Rendall, R. 'Mollusca Orcandensia' (1956) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 66, pp.131-201 (p.183) |
