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And Slaters Go Plop » shell http://damian.peterson.net.nz The Bloggery of Damian Peterson Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:39:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Identify the snail shells http://damian.peterson.net.nz/2007/12/03/identify-the-snail-shells/ http://damian.peterson.net.nz/2007/12/03/identify-the-snail-shells/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:47:51 +0000 Damian http://damian.peterson.net.nz/2007/12/03/identify-the-snail-shells/

snail

What kind of snail do these empty shells belong to? The living snail is a young common garden variety but these empty shells are a lot flatter and have a large indent on the inner side of the spiral. They were found on Auckland’s North Shore in a patch of bare(ish) dirt.

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