Heath snail
A species of Helicella Scientific name : Helicella itala Genus : Helicella
Heath snail, A species of Helicella
Botanical name: Helicella itala
Genus: Helicella
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Description
The 12–20 mm. shell is broad and very depressed with an open coil forming a convex, low spire. The umbilicus is very wide. The whorls are slightly convex and have shallow sutures. The aperture is elliptical and lacks an internal rib. The surface (periostracum) is white or pale yellow-brown and dark brown or yellow-brown spiral bands and fine irregular growth ridges.
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