| White Lipped Snail (Cepaea hortensis (Müller,1744 )) |
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Scientific name: Cepaea hortensis (Müller,1744 ) Common name: White Lipped Snail French name: Hélice jardinière Order: Stylommatophora Size: Shell's diameter: 20mm. Habitat : Fields, forests, woodlands, parks and gardens. It prefers colder and wetter places than the Brown Lipped Snail. Food: Vegetarian. Reproduction : Cross-fertilizing hermaphrodite. The eggs are laid in holes in the ground. Geographic area: Europe and Eastern part of North America. |
The shell of the White Lipped Snail is a little smaller than the shell of the Brown Lipped Snail. It's usually yellowish but can vary to pink or red. There are often 1 to 5 dark bands on the shell but it may also be uniform colored. There is a white band at the lip of the shell. |
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This one has only one black band but the shell's lip is white. So I think it's Cepaea hortensis (White Lipped Snail). |
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Here is a pink White Lipped Snail. |
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Here is one of the first pictures shot with my new true macro lenses. |
André Bon April 2012