Helix Aspersa

+  Introduction
+  Identifying
+  Family Tree
+  Predators

Care

+  Basic Care
+  Cleaning
+  Handling
+  Snail Baths

Housing

+  Supply List
+  Tanks and Housing
+  Ventilation
+  Substrate
+  Accessories
+  Light
+  Humidity
+  Temperature
+  Heating
+  Overcrowding & The Lonely Snail

Food Stuffs

+  Feeding Basics
+  Calcium
+  Never feed . . .
+  Food List
+  Frozen Foods
+  Calcium Content
+  Oxalates
+  Protein
+  Vitamins and Minerals

Health

+  F.A.Q.
+  Shells
+  Accidental Poisoning

Breeding

+  Breeding Basics
+  'Birth Control'
+  Eggs

Special Care

+  Baby Snail Care
+  Damaged Shells

Anatomy

+  General Anatomy
+  Shells

Other Stuff

+  Snail Gaurdian Agreement
+  Rainbow Bridge
+  Weird Facts
+  King Snails
+  Other Sites

Identifying

Some identifying features are:

Eggs: round, white, about 3mm in diameter.

Juveniles: Shell with one whorl only when newly hatched, smooth, light brown, speckled black, lacking any pattern of bands and flecks.

Adult shell: 4 to 5 whorls; thin, moderately glossy, sculptured with wrinkles the last whorl especially with coarse unequal wrinkles of growth and a network of smaller wrinkles running together.

The last whorl descends in front and the opening of the shell, or lip, is turned back.

32-38 mm in diameter, 29-33 mm in height.

Yellow to yellowish brown to grayish brown, with five brown bands, interrupted by yellow flecks or streaks.

Head and foot: are 5 to 6 cm long when extended, yellowish-grey to greenish-black, with a pale line along the back from the base of the tentacles to the shell.

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