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Hainault Forest Website Slugs and Snails |
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Above: SLUG Arion ater rufus Brown form. 10cm. The mantle is at the front end and the respiratory pore can be seen. The foot fringe is orange. On gravel path. 18th September 2007. Above right: Dark form 3rd September 2007. |
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BROWN LIPPED SNAIL Cepheae nemoralis |
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Left:
GARDEN SNAIL Helix
aspersa in hedgerow on Field maple.
Right: WHITE LIPPED SNAIL Cepheae hortensis. Variable colour and banding. Photo: © Vic George. |
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AQUATIC MOLLUSCS
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RAMSHORN SNAIL Planorbis sp. 20mm across. Common in Roe's well. Photo: July 2004
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GREAT POND SNAIL Lymnaea stagnalis. A large snail up to 55mm in length. Lays sausage-shaped gelatinous masses of eggs on stems and under leaves of water plants. Common in Roe's well. Photo: July 2004 Feeds on algae which it rasps from the surface of plants and rocks. It will also eat animal matter. |
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WANDERING SNAIL Lymnaea peregra. 20mm length. Plentiful in Sheepwater. Like the other snails illustrated here they need to rise to the surface to obtain oxygen. Photo: July 2004 Sheepwater |
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