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Helicina species
Canon XSi | EF-S 18-55mm 5.6 IS +22 diopter | ISO400 | f/18 | 1/200 @35mm

Not an easy one to come by! If you are used to the terrestrial snails anatomy you will easily notice something unusual about this one.

The eyes – placed directly in the head instead of the tip of the tentacles, other differences but not seem in the picture is that it also has an operculum and it doesn’t belong to the Pulmonata order like the common land snails, instead it’s placed under Archaeogastropoda alongside mainly with marine molluscs.

What does this means? That this is pratically a terrestrial sea snail!… Continue reading