Garden snails

[janandhal]

Hey I was wondering if you have any garden snails. I am not that familiar with them so I don't know their scientific name. Please get back to me, Hallie

[minineko]

Yes, it's cornu aspersum. I have one.

If that's not what you have then it's probably cepaea nemoralis.

[Cashell]

As minineko stated, the term "garden snail" usually refers to helix aspersa, cepaea nemoralis, cepaea hortensis or even Theba pisana sometimes. The cepaeas are generally found across many parks and forests in most provinces, but aspersa can only be found in BC. It's rare though, so you may be better off with the common cepaeas.

[slimyrascal]

They are really fun, active, and bold little critters. And they come in many colors.

[etana]

I love Cepaea, as you can see from my avatar
They're really funny and pretty, the only downside is that in my part of the world they're used to very long hibernation and will want to do it indoors as well.

[robinwhiskers]

I have two garden snails named Drifter and Rocky. Others have already answered your question, so I didn't, but hey, garden snails are awesome!

[Cow]

Here is my friend!

[lindz]

I have a bunch of cepaea hortensis that I keep finding on the local sidewalk in front of this one house's garden. The funny thing is, I looked these up and they are common in Western and Central Europe. I live in the northeastern United States. I never see land or garden snails where we live, so I am assuming they are not native here. They congregate by this one house which happens to be owned by a French woman :-)

Does anyone have any good book recommendations for garden snails? I would like to learn more about them.

Here are two of my friends: www.flickr.com/photos/lindsaycomer/25143064899/in/dateposted/

[yoruni]

I have some snail living usually in garden here in Poland:
Amber snails (Succinea putris) - Mist and Star 

Copse snails (Arianta arbustorum) - Starting from left: Muffin, Caramel, Brownie and Mocca

Also took home 3x White liped snails (Cepaea hortensis) what we use to call a "garden snail" and 1x grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis)

I also have garden snail called Helix Aspersa (Cornu aspersum) but is not a garden snail of Polish land  
From left: Albi, Pasio and Fuks 

And for an add - under my care and as fast they will fully recover two roman snails (Helix pomatia) - Alex and Max


Love wild-lings <3 They are fun for observation, pretty active and easy to take care off I have some problems with one of my H. Aspersa - he do not grow so nice and fast but it may be caused be that he came to me a bit late from Uni club where snails are not having apartments and kings dinners as my pet-snails xD And also he is leucistic and they have some predisposition to slower grow

[craziork]

I found this one last week, very impressed by the shell but im new to snails tho.

[dinowcookie]

Aug 9, 2017 8:16:33 GMT craziork said:

I found this one last week, very impressed by the shell but im new to snails tho.

What a beautiful photo of a beautiful snail ^_^ 
I think this is Cepaea Hortensis  

[Love snails and slugs]

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[rubberman]

This is Brian (anyone British will understand why he is called that )

He climbed through my kitchen window 10 months ago and has now moved in with the rest of the family and my other Aspersa's. 

His shell looks like he had a lucky escape from a rodent or a bird but that hasn't stopped him becoming the dominant sperm doner for the rest of the family and also the favourite of my snails.

What was research specimens are now full-blown pets that help me out with my work when I need them.