ID snails please

[~T~]

The first one lives in a colony in my small front garden that was started by a single hitch hiker in some clay pots I was given. They mostly keep to the bushes and wall of the house and dont seem to cause problems (I have a blackcurrant bush growing there and they dont eat it). Are they Cepaea hortensis?



Second live in the long grass beside a pond and stream in a field near my house. They resemble pond snails but were living in the long grass.





Thanks.

[Geoff F]

My snail identification skills are very limited I'm afraid; as is my available literature on this subject. But so far nobody more experienced has offered an informed opinion.

The general spiral pattern seems about right for the first one, although it may be a little on the dark side.

And just a guess for the second snails. Amber Snail - Succinea putris.

So I can't help much - except this may spur a real expert to appear and prove me totally wrong.

[~T~]

Thank you

I googled Succinea putris and it seems to fit as they were round about a pond. Seems they get some weird parasite in their eyes, I remember seeing a nature doc with that in it.