white-lipped snail
cepaea hortensis latin

The white-lipped snail has a similar range, but that species extends further north to border the Arctic.

Cepaea hortensis, the "white-lipped snail", measures about 20 mm across the shell which often has distinct dark stripes.

The white-lipped snail is very slightly smaller than the grove snail, the shell being usually about 2.5 cm (1 in) in maximum dimension.

The grove snail is closely related to the white-lipped snail, C. hortensis, shares much the same habitat, and has similar shell colour and pattern.

The range of the white-lipped snail extends closer to the Arctic in Northern Europe than the range of the grove snail.

The white-lipped snail has been introduced to northeastern parts of the USA, but has not established itself as successfully as the grove snail.

The white-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis) is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc.

A similar system of genetic polymorphism occurs in the White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis, a close relative of the grove snail.

The two species share many of the same habitats, such as woods, dunes and grassland, but the white-lipped snail tolerates wetter and colder areas than the grove snail can.

Like the grove snail, it has considerable variability in shell colour and banding, although the shell of the white-lipped snail is perhaps most commonly yellow, with or without brown banding.

The white-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis) is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc.

A similar system of genetic polymorphism occurs in the White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis, a close relative of the grove snail.