Arianta arbustorum(Linnaeus,1758)Copse Snail
Shell globose with conial spire,yellowish or dark yellow-brown,with a dark band and spots.
10-22 mm high x 14-28 mm wide,5-6 whorls.
Animal brown-black to dark grey.
In West- and Central-Europe in woods,shrubs and meadows.
Chilostoma alpinum Ferussac,1821 Shell with low convex-conical spire,umbilicus large,irregular growth ridges,yellowish- white,usually flecked.9-12 mm high and 15-22 mm wide with 5-5.5 whorls. In the French Alps in meadows,scrubs and rocky places from 800-2800m.
Chilostoma achates Rossmassler,1835
Shell very flattened,spire very low,umbilicus large,glossy somewhat translucent
whitish-brown with a dark brown spiral band at the periphery.Below is a mostly
white band.7-12 mm high and 17-29 mm wide with 5 whorls.
In East-Switzerland and SE Bavaria on rocks and rubbly slopes from 900-2300m.
photo:©Wolfgang Fischer
Chilostoma squamatinum Moquin-Tandon,1856 Shell conical convex,sutures deep,umbilicus large,6-8 mm high and 12-15 mm wide.5-6 whorls.Color pale to dark brown,somewhat glossy with one dark brown spiral band at the periphery,sometimes set in a wider pale band. In The Pyrenees,South- and Central-France northwards to Brittany in holes in rocks, rubbly slopes and walls.
Chilostoma desmoulinsi Farines,1834
Shell with a low convex spire,sutures shallow,umblicus large,shellmouth with a white lip.
5-6 mm high and 13-15 mm wide,yellowish to dark brown,somewhat glossy with a barely
visible dark spiral band at the periphery.
In the east of the Pyrenees in crevices in rocks and rubble slopes between 600-2800 m.
photo:© Alain BERTRAND Alain Bertrand
Chilostoma cingulatum(Studer,1820)
Shell white or creamy white with a dark band,10-12 mm high and 20-27 mm wide.5 whorls.
In the Southern Alps in rocks,old walls.
Chilostoma zonatum Studer,1820 Shell with a low convex spire,umbilicus large,yellowish to greenish brown,somewhat glossy with irregular ridges and a brown spiral band at the periphery.5 whorls. 9-13 mm high and 18-26 mm wide. In the French Alps,South-Switzerland in damp rocky places from 800-2900 m.
Isognomostoma isognomostoma(Schröter,1784) Shell reddish brown with coarse hair,aperture with 3 teeth,7-11 mm wide x 4-7 mm high. 5-6 whorls. In hilly country in forests,among stones and wood. In Central- and Eastern Europe,the Ukraine.
Isognostoma holosericum(Studer,1820) Shell reddish brown,a white lip,with hairs,aperture wth 2 teeth, 9-12 mm wide x 5-6 mm high. 4.5-5 whorls. Up to 2000 mtrs in forests(often conifer) in The Alps,Swiss Jura,Czech and Slovak Republics.
Subfamily Helicigoninae
Helicigona lapicida(Linnaeus,1758)Lapidiary Snail
Shell lens-shaped with a sharp keel,brown with red-brown spots,
7-9 mm wide x 12-20 mm high,with 5,5 whorls.
Animal brown grey.
In West- and Central-Europe in rocky soil and old walls.
Helicogona faustina(Rossmassler,1835)
Shell pale yellow to reddish brown,above the periphery a dark brown band(but not always).
Thickwalled,somewhat glossy with 5 whorls.8-11 mm high and 15-20 mm wide.
Aperture oval with a white lip,umbilicus very wide.
In damp and shady rubble,rocks,wooded slopes,ruins and vegetation.
In Hungary and surrounding region,north into Poland and west into Slovakia.
photo:Femorale