Cepaea nemoralis
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Cepaea nemoralis, the grove snail, brown-lipped snail or lemon snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. Cepaea nemoralis is the type species of the g
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A diversity of forms
Yellow unbanded
Yellow with several bands
Cepaea
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Cepaea is a genus of large air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Helicidae. The shells are often brightly coloured and patterned with brown stripes. The two
Cepaea nemoralis
…or lemon snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. Cepaea nemoralis is the type species of the genus Cepaea. The species is one of the most common large land snails in Europe and has been introduced to North America. It is used as a model organism in ecological…
Cepaea.hortensis
A comparison between Cepaea hortensis (left) and Caucasotachea vindobonensis (right)
Song thrush anvil with broken Cepaea shells