Land winkle / Round-mouthed snail (Pomatias elegans), a land snail with an operculum, on the move on a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK.

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Land winkle / Round-mouthed snail (Pomatias elegans), a land snail with an operculum, closely related to marine snails, on the move on a chalk grassland slope, near Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, UK, June.

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Size: 3651px × 2434px
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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