Showing posts with label Trichia hispida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trichia hispida. Show all posts

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Hairy Snail

One of my project students, Alice Rowland, found this juvenile hairy snail, Trichia hispida, when she was surveying some grassland in Durham University Botanic Garden yesterday.
It's only about 5mm. in diameter and shows the hairy protrusions on the shell rather well. These wear away as the snail ages, presumably lost as it drags its shell through the grass.