We found this delightful little snail, just 16mm. long, on a dead tree in Thorsgill woods in Teesdale recently.
It's called Clausilia dubia, according to the excellent Field Studies Council ID guide for land snails.
Saturday, April 16, 2016
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What a great find. This one looks to be left hand threaded and not right hand like other snails. I don't suppose that snails are threaded but I can't think of another word.
ReplyDeleteI think it's the first sinistral snail I've ever found, Adrian!
DeleteI have never seen such a long shell. Very different from that which we usually see.
ReplyDeleterather elegant!
DeleteThe African snails which surface occasionally in my garden seem to be a great delicacy for the Greater Coucal.The bird never damages the shell.
ReplyDeleteNow that is a really impressive snail, lotusleaf - nothing that large here!
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