Common White Snail
Umbilicus
Common White Snail
Dead, Umbilicus
| Common White Snail Umbilicus | | Common White Snail Dead, Umbilicus | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Molluscs (Mollusca) - Gastropods, Slugs, And Snails (Gastropoda) | |||
| Order: | Land Snails & Slugs (Stylommatophora) | ||||
| Family: | Small Land Snail (Hygromiidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Common White Snail (Cernuella virgata) | ||||
| This Photo: | Shell ~6mm diameter | ||||
| Other names: | Common Garden Snail, Maritime Gardensnail or Vineyard snail | ||||
Thank you Mike Burrell, Kevin Huang & Dr Kevin Bonham AM for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere These are easily confused with another introduced snail, the White Italian Snail (Theba pisana). The centre hole (the umbilicus) is covered, or nearly covered, with T. pisana. So a photo of the umbilicus is requred for definate identification. It was how we were able to id these specimens. Matt Parr from iNaturalist says that T. pisana has a flatter top/spire and more inflated shell than Cernuella virgata. Thanks Matt | |||||
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