Snail ID?

[carl bear]

Another shot Ive taken for a book im creating, im hoping someone has some info about it.

link to larger image:
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Thanks
Carl

[dmclean2]

Hi Carl,
What you have there is a common old Garden Snail - Helix aspera,
Keep looking though, there's Brown lipped snails ,strawberry snails,
Kentish snail, still waiting for you to find them,
Good hunting
Duncan

Carl, try and use the Gallery on WAB to upload your pics, that way you can edit them and give them their proper name

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by dmclean2

Hi Carl,
What you have there is a common old Garden Snail - Helix aspera,
Keep looking though, there's Brown lipped snails ,strawberry snails,
Kentish snail, still waiting for you to find them,
Good hunting
Duncan

Not to mention my favourite, the Hairy Snail.

[Jason Green]

Then Girdled, Glass (several), Heath, conical land snails, moss snails, the [big] Drapernaudi's Snail, the [small] Rotund Disc... and more...

[carl bear]

Thanks for the help. Just what i was after.

I had also found these.
Are these different?

[Jason Green]

Nope! Still H. aspersa, I don't know if they have different names for the various colour forms - it being a variable species! This one looks like a kind of Tortoiseshell-thing... Try looking under fallen logs for the tiny glass snails; it may be an idea for you to try Googling the aforementioned types first for photos to become more acquainted, then go off hunting. Once it's been raining, you should get more as they become active to start feeding, etc.

Remember we like ID'ing things and helping out. Good luck!

[Fauna]

Hi, the first pic looks similar to the variation Helix aspersa sub.var.punticulata.
The second looks similar to Helix aspersa sub.var.undulata.

If you are going to look for snails remember to take photos of both sides and give rough size, this will help to ID the more difficult species...have fun