Cepaea nemoralis  Linnaeus 1758

Life-size model

Zoological classification

Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae

Habitat

Shrubs and open woods in plains and highlands, in cultivated habitats, in gardens and at road margins, locally abundant.

Sources

Europe from Ireland, S Portugal and central Spain to SW Hungary and Bosnia, in Italy to Lucania, in the north to S Sweden, in the E to NW Poland, Latvia, Kaliningrad, Estonia (Hiiumaa island). Introduced overseas.

Further information

Unique in the European fauna Cepaea nemoralis and Cepaea hortensis 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. Please send us a shell about 19 mm diameter.

Description of the model:

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.

Dimension:

bodylength: 45 mm

Price:

136,50 €

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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.