I think this is Kentish snail (Monacha cantiana) on a Cow parsnip seedpod. This species of snails has almost transparent shell and all those marble colours seen are of the mollusc’s body inside. Primrose Hill Community Woodland. Bath, BANES, England, UK.

This image shows the opposite side of the same Kentish snail (Monacha cantiana) uploaded previously (www.flickr.com/photos/sergeysmirnov/51607511819/) but against a darker background. A Cow parsnip seedpod to which the snail is “glued” resembles a crowned seal. This species of snails has almost transparent shell and all those marble colours seen are the colours of the mollusc’s body inside the shell as can be seen from this angle too. Primrose Hill Community Woodland. Bath, BANES, England, UK.

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Order:Stylommatophora

Family:Helicidae

Subfamily:Helicinae

Tribe:Allognathini

Genus:Hemicycla

Specimens found in tree near a ravine.

Updated 20250712:

Species: H. guamartemes

Barranco de Azuaje, Firgas, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias

Die Weinbergschnecke (Helix pomatia) ist eine gehäusetragende Landschnecke.Die Weinbergschnecke kommt in lichten Wäldern, Gebüschen und offenen Lebensräumen vor.

The Roman snail (Helix pomatia) is a shell-bearing land snail. The Roman snail is found in light forests, bushes and open habitats.

• Amber snails

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily:Succineoidea

Family:Succineidae

Subfamily:Succineinae

Genus:Succinea

Species: S. meridionalis

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

The path between wood buttresses may seem easy to some but these two snails are in for a rough journey.

• Quick Gloss Snail / Orchid Snail

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily:Gastrodontoidea

Family:Gastrodontidae

Genus:Zonitoides

Subgenus:Zonitoides

Species:Z. arboreus

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Order:Stylommatophora

Suborder:Helicina

Superfamily:Orthalicoidea

Family:Odontostomidae

Genus:Clessinia

Spixia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 is unaccepted, moved to Clessinia Doering, 1875

Shell length: 19mm

Maldonado, Uruguay

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Order:Stylommatophora

Suborder:Helicina

Superfamily:Orthalicoidea

Family:Odontostomidae

Genus:Clessinia

Spixia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 is unaccepted, moved to Clessinia Doering, 1875

Shell length: 19mm

Maldonado, Uruguay

Explored: May 28, 2023

• Amber snails

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily:Succineoidea

Family:Succineidae

Subfamily:Succineinae

Genus:Succinea

Species: S. meridionalis

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

• Amber snails

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily:Succineoidea

Family:Succineidae

Subfamily:Succineinae

Genus:Succinea

Possibly Succinea meridionalis

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Order:Stylommatophora

Suborder:Helicina

Superfamily:Orthalicoidea

Family:Odontostomidae

Genus:Clessinia

Spixia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 is unaccepted, moved to Clessinia Doering, 1875

Shell length: 19mm

Maldonado, Uruguay

• Quick Gloss Snail / Orchid Snail

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily:Gastrodontoidea

Family:Gastrodontidae

Genus:Zonitoides

Subgenus:Zonitoides

Species:Z. arboreus

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

land snail meets empty sea slug shell

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Order:Stylommatophora

Family:Helicidae

Genus:Theba

Species:T. geminata

Montaña de Tindaya, La Oliva, Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias

Visual record / specimens left in situ

• Amber snails

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily:Succineoidea

Family:Succineidae

Subfamily:Succineinae

Genus:Succinea

Possibly Succinea meridionalis

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

• Amber snails

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily:Succineoidea

Family:Succineidae

Subfamily:Succineinae

Genus:Succinea

Possibly Succinea meridionalis

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

• アズキガイ 小豆貝 / AZUKI-GAI

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Caenogastropoda

Informal group Architaenioglossa

Superfamily:Cyclophoroidea

Family:Pupinidae

Genus:Pupinella

Species: P. rufa

11mm

Hinokage, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

From my collection

• Amber snails

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily:Succineoidea

Family:Succineidae

Subfamily:Succineinae

Genus:Succinea

Species: S. meridionalis

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

• Amber snails

Scientific classification

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Infraclass:Euthyneura

Subterclass:Tectipleura

Superorder:Eupulmonata

Order:Stylommatophora

Suborder:Helicina

Infraorder:Rhytidoidei

Superfamily:Rhytidoidea

Family:Rhytididae

Subfamily:Rhytidinae

Genus:Powelliphanta

Species:P. hochstetteri

Subspecies:P. hochstetteri hochstetteri

48mm

Mangarakau Bluffs, North-West Nelson, New Zealand

Collected in 1966

Under mixed leaf litter of broad-leaved scrub at 600 m.a.s.l.

From my collection

• Amber snails

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily:Succineoidea

Family:Succineidae

Subfamily:Succineinae

Genus:Succinea

Possibly Succinea meridionalis

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Order:Stylommatophora

Suborder:Helicina

Superfamily:Orthalicoidea

Family:Odontostomidae

Genus:Clessinia

Spixia Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 is unaccepted, moved to Clessinia Doering, 1875

Shell length: ~19mm / 20mm

Maldonado, Uruguay

I'm so very bad with snail identification. This one was not that big and I don't think it's Helix Pomatia. It could be cornu aspersum. Identification is welcome!

Carnivorous snail (Edentulina sp.) with prey

Photographed in Amani nature reserve, Tanzania.

Photo, sharing and courtesy: Paul BERTNER

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• Cabrilla

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily:Helicoidea

Family:Helicidae

Genus:Otala

Species:O. punctata

Maldonado, Uruguay

Have a wonderful day my dear friends !

Garden Snail climbing up my wall

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Carnivorous snail (Edentulina sp.) with prey

Photographed in Amani nature reserve, Tanzania.

Photo, sharing and courtesy: Paul BERTNER

Visit, Paul's photographic work .... it's extraordinary

Links:

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© Paul Bertner

www.flickr.com/photos/rainforests/with/6690274269/

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily:Helicoidea

Family:Epiphragmophoridae

Genus: Epiphragmophora

Species: E. puntana

Argentina

From my collection

📢 PDF available: Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Epiphragmophora Doering from Argentina and southern Bolivia (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Xanthonychidae)

María Gabriela Cuezzo | cutt.ly/Okpvb0k

• Decollate snail

• Caracol degollado

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Order:Stylommatophora

Suborder:Achatinina

Superfamily:Achatinoidea

Family:Achatinidae

Subfamily:Rumininae

Genus:Rumina

Species:R. decollata

34mm

Found dead among rocks and sand.

Playa del Jablito, La Oliva, Fuerteventura, Islas Canarias

• Hay’s Flat-whorled Snail

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra

Family:Caryodidae

Genus:Pedinogyra

Species:P. hayii

57,5mm

Queensland, Australia

Asperitas everetti (Smith, 1897)

Dyakiidae ou Ariophantidae

Indonésie, Flore

The name Cerion is based on the Greek word kerion, signifying honeycomb, and is given to these shells because the form of the shell resembles that of a beehive; hence they were at one time known as beehive shells. (from Wikipedia)

• Peanut snail

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Superorder:Eupulmonata

Order:Stylommatophora

Infraorder:Helicina (infraorder)

Superfamily:Urocoptoidea

Family:Cerionidae

Genus:Cerion

Unidentified species | Cerion mumia chrysalis? Any suggestion?

33mm

Pinar del Río, Cuba

From my collection

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Caenogastropoda

Order:Littorinimorpha

Family:Pomatiidae

Subfamily:Annulariinae

Genus:Meganipha

Species: M. rhecta

Loma del Puerto, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic

From my collection

• Amber snails

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily:Succineoidea

Family:Succineidae

Subfamily:Succineinae

Genus:Succinea

Possibly Succinea meridionalis

Solymar, Canelones, Uruguay

• Amber snails

Scientific classification:

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata

clade Stylommatophora

clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily:Succineoidea

Family:Succineidae

Subfamily:Succineinae

Genus:Succinea

Salinas, Canelones, Uruguay

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Heterobranchia

Infraclass: Euthyneura

Subterclass: Tectipleura

Superorder: Eupulmonata

Order: Stylommatophora

Suborder: Helicina

Infraorder: Orthalicoidei

Superfamily: Orthalicoidea

Family: Bulimulidae

Genus: Anctus

Species: A. laminiferus

9 specimens from Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil

From my collection

Annulariidae Henderson & Bartsch, 1920

Tudorinae Watters, 2006

Chondropomium Henderson & Bartsch, 1920

Chondropomium nobile

(Pfeiffer, 1852)

Dominican Republic. Barahona Province

San Raphael

28-VIII-2014

Photo: Claude and Amandine EVANNO, 2018

LINKS:

www.jaxshells.org/10088.htm

Scientific classification:

Domain:Eukaryota

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Order:Stylommatophora

Infraorder:Pupilloidei

Superfamily:Pupilloidea

Family:Enidae

Genus:Napaeus

Species:N. moquinianus

Barranco de Azuaje, Firgas, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias

which is very unlikely, this might be my ideal training partner.

If I get a head start.

• ピルスブリムシオイガイ

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

(unranked):clade Caenogastropoda

informal group Architaenioglossa

Superfamily:Cyclophoroidea

Family:Cyclophoridae

Subfamily:Alycaeinae

Genus:Chamalychaeus

4mm

Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan

From my collection

Annulariidae Henderson & Bartsch, 1920

Chondropomatinae Henderson & Bartsch, 1920

Chondropoma L. Pfeiffer, 1847

Chondropoma riisei

(Pfeiffer, 1852)

Puerto Rico

Photo: Jose D. Alicea

Courtesy and sharing Jose D. Alicea

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Shell size about 3/4 of an inch. It was crawling along this dead stem in full sun, late morning.

Orthalicidae Albers, 1860

Liguus Montfort, 1810

Liguus sp.

Cuba. Trinidad Province

Photo: Claude and Amandine EVANNO, 2018

• Amber snails

Scientific classification

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Heterobranchia

Infraclass:Euthyneura

Subterclass:Tectipleura

Superorder:Eupulmonata

Order:Stylommatophora

Suborder:Helicina

Infraorder:Rhytidoidei

Superfamily:Rhytidoidea

Family:Rhytididae

Subfamily:Rhytidinae

Genus:Powelliphanta

Species:P. hochstetteri

Subspecies:P. hochstetteri hochstetteri

66mm

Canaan Downs, Takaka Hill, Nelson, New Zealand

Collected in 1957

From my collection

Orthalicidae Albers, 1860

Liguus Montfort, 1810

liguus fasciatus f.crenatus

(Swainson, 1821)

Cuba. Habana Province (left) and Trinidad Province (right)

2012

Photo: Claude and Amandine EVANNO, 2018

Amanita muscaria

(L. : Fr.) Lamarck

France. Cantal Department (15)

Forest around Murat City

Photo: Claude and Amandine EVANNO, 2018

Cepolidae Ihering, 1909

Hemitrochus Swainson, 1840

Hemitrochus riveroi

Turner, 1958

Puerto Rico

Photo: Jose D. Alicea

Courtesy and sharing Jose D. Alicea

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