Specimen, shell
Other name(s):
Cornu aspersum
Helix aspersa
European brown snail
common garden snail
brown gardensnail
brown garden snail
Collection ID:
Z555.1.174
Collection:
Zoology
Class: Gastropoda. 4 specimens. Terrestrial mollusc. Large, thick, coiled snail shell with a wrinkled surface and approx. 4-5 whorls. Pale to dark brown in colour. Some have up to 5 yellow spiralling bands, others have speckling and others lack pattern. Most commonly found in gardens and parks, they are mostly nocturnal but may come out during the day after it rains.
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.194) |
