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Garden Snail

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Garden Snail
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Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
A coiled, banded calcareous shell of four or five whorls carried above a soft, moist grey body and a single muscular gliding foot with two tentacles. 1
Sources
1. Cornu aspersum, garden snail (Wikipedia)
Shell description
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The adult bears a hard, thin calcareous shell 25-40 millimetres (1-1 5/8 in) in diameter and 25-35 millimetres (1-1 3/8 in) high, with four or five whorls.
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