Garden Snail

Cornu aspersum

Explore the Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum) species record in The Ark Is Earth, including classification, habitat, distribution, conservation information, and sources.

Summary

The Garden Snail is a land snail native to Europe and parts of Africa that now occurs widely in temperate gardens, farms, and disturbed habitats. It feeds with a rasping radula and retreats into its shell to limit moisture loss during dry conditions. It recycles plant material but can also be a garden and agricultural pest where introduced.

Classification in this archive

Animals › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Helicidae › Cornu

Habitat and distribution

Regions in this record: Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Demonstration note

[DEMO] Garden snails use thousands of microscopic teeth on a ribbon-like radula to scrape food.