Found a snail in the spinach

[helptoall]

hi, ivve found him in the spinach bag ,and im not sure which specie is it, i want to know because i want to know if its ok tht ill release him here, cuz the package came for a diffrent part of the country..

is he a helix asperasa?

[wolf]

Hi helptoall,

yes, I think so, too: it should be a special form of Cornu aspersum (= Helix aspersa). I can't tell whether you can release him in your neighborhood, because I don't have the least idea where you live.

Kind regards: wolf

[Liguus]

This shell pattern looks too unusual in my opinion to be Cornu.

Look slike Cantareus apertus to me www.inaturalist.org/observations/37114248

[helptoall]

i live in Tel Aviv,Israel. if hes helix aspersa then its ok , there are pleanty here..

[helptoall]

Jan 7, 2020 21:30:38 GMT Liguus said:

This shell pattern looks too unusual in my opinion to be Cornu.

Look slike Cantareus apertus to me www.inaturalist.org/observations/37114248

Oh i think your right.. So how would i know if i can release him here? i know that he came for a mountain region in the northen part of the country, and i never seen one like him here{ my city is near the sea} Does anyone has a clue wether its ok to realese hi here in Tel aviv ,Israel?

[Liguus]

If it's Helix asperse then releasing it would not be a big deal, however if my ID of cantareus aperta is correct (and I'm fairly confident in it) then there may be a problem releasing it in Tel Aviv. From what I see this species isn't native to that region, nor has there been much record of it there, so it could potentially be a risk in terms of invasive species.

I would say the risk is very low, considering it's just one snail and it would have to be an adult who mated recently to pose a problem...and all this is assuming it would have no problems surviving in the climate of Tel Aviv, however it could happen, and assuming there is probably some laws in Israel concerning invasive species, I can't just tell you to release it.

[wolf]

Hi,

by the way: there is a picture of Cornu aspersum in

COSSIGNANI, T. & V. COSSIGNANI: Atlante delle conchiglie terrestri e dulciacquicole italiane  --  L´Informatore Piceno, Mostra Mondiale Malacologia, Cupra Marittima (AP), Ancona, 1995, p. 140

which comes pretty close to the snail pictured here. I suppose it isn't allowed to show a copy of this illustration in this forum. Cornu aspersum is extremely variable in Europe.

But I'm not sure, I might be wrong.

Kind regards: wolf