age a helix aspersa

[lexi]

though it may be easy to tell when a snail is young just by how small it is, apparently you can also tell if they are done growing by the 'edge of the aperture' of its shell.
I wasn't aware of this technique and figured maybe it would be news to others as well.. here is the interesting article

snailstales.blogspot.com/2007/05/young-helix-aspersa.html

[coyote]

I love reading the Snail's Tales blog! Thanks for posting the link.