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Cepaea nemoralis
The grove snail or brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
Photo taken by Crichton Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Easy to confuse with the similar Capaea hortensis - The White-lipped Snail. When the identity of an adult individual is questionable, and it is necessary to distinguish the two species, a dissection can be used in order to examine the anatomy: the structure of the love dart is quite different in the two species, as are the vaginal mucus glands.
Cepaea nemoralis
The grove snail or brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
Photo taken by Crichton Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
Easy to confuse with the similar Capaea hortensis - The White-lipped Snail. When the identity of an adult individual is questionable, and it is necessary to distinguish the two species, a dissection can be used in order to examine the anatomy: the structure of the love dart is quite different in the two species, as are the vaginal mucus glands.