The grove snail or brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. It is one of the most common species of land snail in Europe and has been introduced to North America.
Cepaea nemoralis is the type species of the genus Cepaea.
It is used as a model organism in citizen science projects.
Read more about Grove Snail: Description, Coloration, Distribution, Ecology
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