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Wrinkled Snail - Xeroplexa intersecta
7-13mm diameter. Whitish, or yellowish white, shell marked with darker bands and spots. It has a large and deep umbilicus and has rough striations on the shell.
Candidula gigaxi is a similar size and with similar markings but the whorls form more of a stepped profile.
Banded forms of Candidula may also be confused with Cernuella virgata, but Cernuella is almost globular in shape whereas Candidula is relatively flattened in comparison.
- 7-13mm
- pale shell with dark mottling
- large and deep umbilicus
- rough striations on the shell
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Dry habitats, often in dunes and calcareous grassland. Often in exposed places.
Fairly common and widespread.
Uncommon in Leicestershire and found mainly at calcareous sites of Rutland.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Wrinkled Snail
- Species group:
- Slugs & Snails
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Pulmonata
- Family:
- Hygromiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 47
- First record:
- 22/09/1987 (Rundle, Adrian)
- Last record:
- 20/05/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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