A Tree Snail in Brooklyn

I was surprised to recently come across some large, boldly-striped tree-snails in my neighborhood in Brooklyn. I always love finding unexpected nature in the City. I was surprised to find them in such a dense urban environment as this industrial lot in Bushwick, perhaps because I always assumed that they lived in lush jungles or rural areas.

I'm no invertebrate biologist or snail expert (and I'm sure someone who knows more about snails will eventually come across this post and set us all straight), but it seems to me that this might be a Grove Snail

, or more exactly, a White-lipped snail

or perhaps a brown-lipped snail:

www.biopix.com/Species.asp?Searchtext=Cepaea%20nemoralis&Category=Bloeddyr

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Franny Wentzel: 3rd Sep 2009 - 03:44 GMT

Some time later...

pierre: s car go

מוטי ויסברוט : 3rd Sep 2009 - 13:14 GMT

Amazing . 03/09/09

The Bigger E: 7th Sep 2009 - 12:50 GMT

We have the same sort of snails around here, too. (southwest Montreal) Striking, aren't they?

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 15th Sep 2009 - 21:14 GMT

Snails in Crete. They were everywhere, like crunchy grass.

Franny Wentzel: 25th Oct 2009 - 19:42 GMT

_@_v - and those who believeth in the great snail shall have lichen everlasting...

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