Cepaea hortensis
Description of the model:
Modelmaker: Susanne Henssen. The model is made of high quality epoxy resin and coloured using non-fade paint and varnish. We use original shells. Because the shell can varies regionally in colour and banding we offer to assemble the model with your collected shell. Please send us a shell about 15 mm diameter.
Dimensions
bodylength: 37 mm
Price
127,00 €
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Model views Cepaea hortensis
Cepaea hortensis - White-lip Gardensnail
Artifical body in combination with an original shell. Life-size model
Cepaea hortensis - White-lip Gardensnail
R.H. side view of the life-size model
Cepaea hortensis - White-lip Gardensnail
Life-size model.
Three varieties of shells from 89 possible in terms of figures
Cepaea hortensis - White-lip Gardensnail
close-up of the life-size model
Cepaea hortensis - White-lip Gardensnail
L.H. side view of the life-size model
Profile Cepaea hortensis
Habitat
Habitats very variable, woods, meadows, gardens, near shrubs, dunes.
Sources
S Iceland, central and western Europe from NE Spain to N Norway and Baltic Sea region, Vitebsk region, W Carpathians, Hungary, N and SE Alps, NE America (Newfoundland, Québec, Nuntucket)
Further Informations
Unique in the European fauna Cepaea hortensis and Cepaea nemoralis show a polymorphism of the shell. Colour and banding of the shell differs extremly within one population. Due to that, we offer to assemble a shell which you found in your region.
Reference for the text:
FALKNER, G. (1989): Der farbige Naturführer – Weichtiere. Licensed edition with permission of Mosaik Verlag GmbH, München for the Bertelsmann Club GmbH, Gütersloh. S. 240