Garden snail  (Helix aspersa)

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Description

This snail is very common and widespread, and is the typical garden snail (1). The shell is generally spherical in shape with a short spire and a 'wrinkled' surface (3). It is pale brown, or yellow in colour (3), and is marked with a number of broken dark bands that give the shell a blotched appearance (2). The thickened lip around the large opening, or 'aperture' of the shell is white in colour (2).

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