Garden Snails (Helix aspersa). Two alongside, showing shell whorls from different angles. Note strong orange-yellow transverse l
Garden Snails (Helix aspersa). Two alongside, showing shell whorls from different angles. Note strong orange-yellow transverse lines on each shell, indicative of beginning of current season's new growth up to shell opening or operculum. September. Iona, Scotland.
Size: 5616px × 3744px
Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., alternate, alternating, animal, animals, aperture, aspersa, calcium, carbonate, color, colors, colour, colours, conchology, dextral, door, enlargement, exoskelton, garden, gastropod, gastropoda, gastropods, grow, growing, growth, helicidae, helix, invertebrate, invertebrates, line, lines, mark, markings, mollusc, mollusca, molluscs, opening, operculum, orange, pair, pattern, patterns, rest, ridge, ridges, ring, rings, shade, shades, shell, shells, size, snail, snails, spiral, spirally, spirals, stria, stripe, striped, stripes, texture, textures, transverse, whorl, whorls, wild, wildlife, yellow
