Sunday, 1 May 2016

Garlic Glass Snail

Sorry I haven't been posting very much lately - not much to find yet…. so here is a find from today.

Garlic Glass Snail (Oxychilus Alliarius)

Quoted almost identically from the book:

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Garlic glass snail
Oxychilus alliarius

The narrow, wheel-shaped shell is shiny, translucent and
pale yellow-brown or green. The body is blue-black. The
snail lives on banks, walls, rocks, and in fields and woods
all over Britain. It smells strongly of garlic if it is handled
or disturbed. Shell size up to 1/16 in. (5 mm) wide and 1/4
in. (6 mm) high.

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Here are my photos of it:

Garlic Glass Snail
Photo by Alex Sidney

Garlic Glass Snail
Photo by Alex Sidney

Garlic Glass Snail
Photo by Alex Sidney

Garlic Glass Snail
Photo by Alex Sidney

1 comment:

  1. Wow never seen a thing like this before, this creature really is beauty of nature at its level best, thanks a lot for sharing these beautiful pics. Keep sharing such beauty of nature.

    Sam: Averox UK

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