White Italian Snail
S1, Umbilicus
Common White Snail
S3, Dead, profile
| White Italian Snail S1, Umbilicus | | Common White Snail S3, Dead, profile | | ||
 | 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: | S1, profile | ||||
| 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 ~6 across. 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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