Theba pisana (Muller, 1774), (white snail)


6 Sep 2003 at OSGR: SW97 in East Cornwall, England

Record Summaryon sand dunes
Found asLiving animal
Date6 September 2003
OS grid refOSGR: SW97
Lat/Lon50° 30’ N, 4° 60’ W
Vice CountyEast Cornwall, VC no: 2
CountryEngland

Notes:

B=15.0, H=10.75mm, W=4.5-5.

A confusing collection that has the open umbilicus of Cernuella virgata combined with the banding pattern and pink mouth of Theba pisana (mouth normally brownish in Cernuella virgata, although Pfleger, 1990, says it can be pink). It may well be a mixed collection.

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