White-lipped snail

Cepaea hortensis
Garden snails (Helicidae)

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A snail with a striped yellow or pink shell (cochlea), the stripes can be brown or black. The 5 spirals of the shell can have various stripes but the opening edge is white to yellow. There are brown shells without stripes as well. The body is brownish and faintly translucent. The eyes (at the end of 2 poles) and the antennae can be retracted. The entire body goes into the shell.

It mostly feeds on fallen leaves, but sometimes plants.

⇔ l. 20-30 mm

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≈ The CEPAEA NEMORALIS (Grove snail) has a dark edge along the opening and is a little larger.

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