Butterfly

Mollusc Survey 2001

This survey was made by Dr June Chatfield on 2 September 2001.
The weather was damp and mild, with heavy rain during part of the fieldsession.

Scientific Name Common Name Description Remarks
Carychium minimum Least Herald Snail Elongate, white, 2 mm. Two live specimens at base of dead hemlock water dropwort stem.
Succinea putris Common Amber Snail Elongate, amber colour, shell mostly body whorl, small spire, c. 10 mm. Abundant and widely distributed on vegetation in open areas. Living colony including egg masses at ground level.
Cochilcopa lubrica Slippery Moss Snail Elongate, narrow, brown, glossy shell, tall spire c. 6 mm. A few only, alive in meadow.
Arion ater agg. Great Slug Large slug with granular mantle, anterior breathing pore, rounded tail, no keel, rough tubercles and foot fringe (orange in some). All slugs pale brown.
Arion subfuscus Dusky Slug Medium sized (20-30 mm) tan colour and yellow slime. One found.
Arion circumscriptus agg. slug Two Juveniles, grey with white sole.
Arion intermedius Hedgehog Slug Small 10- 20 mm, hunches into hemisphere, yellow sole. Under dead wood.
Aegopinella nitidula Waxy Glass Snail Flat and thin shell, dull polish, 9 mm, noticeable umbilicus.
Oxychilus helveticus Glossy Glass Snail Flat and thin shell, translucent, highly glossy, rich brown shell, black part of body at lip, tiny umbilicus. A species only found in southeastern section of Britain.
Deroceras laeve Marsh Slug Small (10 mm), pinky brown, watery look. One in meadow on rush.
Deroceras reticulatum Common Grey Field Slug White - pale pink/grey, 20-30 mm. Keel on tail, thumb-print mantle, breathing pore on posterior of mantle.
Macrogastra rolphii Rolph's Door Snail Elongate, 15 mm, longitudinal ridges, brown. Small body. One found on ground in wet meadow - alive. British distribution limited to the southeast but very common in East Hampshire, Alton, Selborne, Petersfield.
Monacha cantiana Kentish Snail 18 mm, subglobular shell ,white with pink at mouth. Small rib inside lip of adult. Small umbilicus. A few alive only. Southeastern. Introduced by Romans.
Trichia striolata Strawberry Snail 15 mm, subglobular to flat, cream to reddish brown, umbilicus below. In nettles
Trichia hispida Common Hairy Snail 7 mm, subglobular, brown, hairs on shell, umbilicus distinct. One only near edge of reserve.
Arianta arbustorum Orchard Snail Globular, maroon shell with peripheral dark brown line and white flecks. Black/grey body. 25 mm. Adult with reflected lip. Abundant and widely distributed.
Cepaea hortensis White-lipped Snail Globular, colour variable. Pink or yellow, may have 5 spiral brown bands, sometimes fused. Abundant and widespread.
Helix aspersa Common Garden Snail Large and brown. 30 mm. More shells than live ones.
Pisidium sp. Pea Mussels Bivalves. 2-3 mm. In mud from flooded stream.