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Image of: Helix aspersa (brown gardensnail)
Subject: Image of: Helix aspersa (brown gardensnail)
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Image of: Helix aspersa (brown gardensnail)


Image of: Helix aspersa (brown gardensnail)

ADW: 094.rjb1.jpg


Caption
Helix aspersa
, California. This is one of the two main species of snails eaten by the French - "escargots." A species of Eastern Europe, it has been introduced by human commerce to many places in the world. It is a serious pest in the western and southwestern United States, and in Australia (where it is known as the pestiferous "garden snail").
Contributors
Dr. John B. Burch, Ph.D.
(photographer, copyright holder), Mollusk Division, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Snail
336/729
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