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Copse Snail


Copse Snail
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Copyright: Tairi Tappo (uduputuk) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 28 W: 24 N: 42] (226)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08
Categories: Molluscs
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/50 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-11-01 11:47
Viewed: 727
Points: 2
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Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Pulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Familia: Helicidae
Subfamilia: Ariantinae
Genus: Arianta
Species: Arianta arbustorum (in Estonian: kiritigu)

Description: The copse snail has got a spherical shell with a conical spire. The shell usually is chestnut brown in colour with straw yellow spots and a dark band. The umbilicus is usually completely concealed by the columellar part of the distinct white apertural lip.

A. arbustorum is one of the most variable snail species: there are numerous geographical races, valley and mountain forms. Similarly to the banded snails, selection by snail eating thrushes may also cause an additional variety in copse snail shells depending on ground type and vegetation cover.

During copulation a special stimulation organ is extended from the genital atrium.

Size: W: 14-28 mm; H: 10-22 mm; N: 5-6.

Habitat and Distribution: In spite of its name the copse snail occurs in open country as well as in forests (copses), preferring humid habitats. In the mountains it will climb until 2700 m above sea level.

The species is distributed over Northwest and Central Europe, including the Alps and the Carpathians. From the Spanish Eastern Pyrenees it occurs until Norway and Iceland. In Ireland it only occurs in the North, in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region only near the coast. In a dispersed pattern the copse snail can be found in the East as far as the Western Ukraine. (source)

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1468 W: 18 N: 2961] (10860)
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Wonderful shot. lovely colours, sharpness and light. Nice to see the snail in a natural environment

Karan

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