Cornu aspersum facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cornu aspersum |
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| Garden snail (Cornu aspersum) on Limonium | |
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NE
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| Scientific classification | |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Helicoidea
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Cornu
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| Species: |
C. aspersum
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| Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
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Helix aspersa Müller, 1774 |
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Cornu aspersum is the garden snail. They are often called a pest. In English books it was called Helix aspersa for over two centuries, but the current classification now places it in the genus Cornu. They are native go Europe, though have spread elsewhere. It is very similar, but smaller than the Roman Snail (Helix pomantia).
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Food
These snails mainly eat plants, since they are herbivores.
Reproduction
Snails are both male and female. They are able to reproduce by themselves, though normally reproduce sexually.
Images for kids
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Sinistral form (exceptional) and dextral form (common)
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Mating Cornu aspersum
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Eggs of Cornu aspersum
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A hibernaculum on a doocot in Eglinton, Scotland
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Cornu on a white mulberry leaf in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Hundreds of Cornu aspersum on a wall
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C. aspersum shell cemetery. Individuals failing to overwinter in Scotland.
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Cornu aspersum leaving mucus-conserving trail over dry brick. The belly visibly leaves the ground in two places in a wave motion without dragging. That wave motion is independent of the wave of muscular contraction that drives the locomotion.
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Snail climbing grass SMC 07
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Cornu aspersum leaving mucus-conserving trail, as seen from above
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Spanish dish, Caracoles-Cascorro, ready to serve
See also
In Spanish: Caracol común de jardín para niños
