aspersus

One of them was the following shot of 2 pairs of mating Cantareus aspersus (Cornu aspersum, Helix aspersa) on Malta.

Archive 2009-09-01 AYDIN 2009

In urban areas H. pomacella is much rarer than its native relative Helix lucorum and, unlike the introduced helicids Cantareus aspersus (Helix aspersa) and Eobania vermiculata, it seems to avoid roadsides, parks and gardens.

Archive 2009-03-01 AYDIN 2009

One of them was the following shot of 2 pairs of mating Cantareus aspersus (Cornu aspersum, Helix aspersa) on Malta.

I am talking about group sex...by snails AYDIN 2009

The snail they are raising is the petit gris, or the little gray, which is a vernacular name for Helix aspersa (Cantareus aspersus, Cornu aspersum, etc.).

Archive 2009-07-01 AYDIN 2009

I am tentatively identifying it as Helix aspersa (Cantareus aspersus), an introduction from Europe.

Archive 2009-07-01 AYDIN 2009

C. aspersus seems right, in which case it's one whorl away from adulthood.

Helix aspersa AYDIN 2009

The snail they are raising is the petit gris, or the little gray, which is a vernacular name for Helix aspersa Cantareus aspersus, Cornu aspersum, etc.

Free-range snail farming in New Zealand AYDIN 2009

In urban areas H. pomacella is much rarer than its native relative Helix lucorum and, unlike the introduced helicids Cantareus aspersus Helix aspersa and Eobania vermiculata, it seems to avoid roadsides, parks and gardens.

Graves and snails AYDIN 2009

I am tentatively identifying it as Helix aspersa Cantareus aspersus, an introduction from Europe.

Helix aspersa AYDIN 2009

But here is a really sad sight from Istanbul, photographed last October: a squished Cantareus aspersus the good old Helix aspersa.

Flattened fauna of sidewalks - Part 4 AYDIN 2008