Sandbowl snail  (Catinella arenaria)

Range

The sandbowl snail is confined to western Europe where it is rare. In the UK, it is known from a few sites, one in North Devon and, in Cumbria, there are colonies on six sites.

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Habitat

This species has been found in damp hollows in coastal sand dunes, which are sparsely-vegetated, and on bare mud in calcareous seepages in uplands.