White-lipped snail
Cepaea hortensis
CommonMolluskherbivore
The white-lipped snail is a sizable land snail that breathes air through a lung-like structure. It lives on land and belongs to the same family as common garden snails, with just one close relative in its genus.
- Breathes air through a specialized lung cavity.
- Shares its genus with only one other snail species.
- Often recognized by the pale band around its shell opening.
ForestGrasslandUrbanEurope
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- Classification
- Mollusk
- Scientific name
- Cepaea hortensis
- Habitat
- Forest, Grassland, Urban
- Regions in this directory
- Europe
- Diet
- herbivore
- Relative size
- large
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
