Latin Etymology: Trochulus (?) striolatus ("striated")
Adult Strawberry Snail (Trochulus striolatus) at Hay on Wye, Wales - April 2016
Featured Subspecies: ?
Weight: ? / Width: 11-15mm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Not Yet Evaluated
Compared to the most familiar snails of the UK, the Strawberry snail is unusually flattened in form and a good deal smaller. It's apparently found almost entirely across the UK, but I can only recall finding it once - a little outside Haye on Wye, and this situation would apparently fit with it's typical movement time in daylight - in a damp location after rains - in this case a damp Welsh Valley.
Related Species:
Order: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Trocholus
SUBSPECIES: none - monotypic
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - Widespread, but not as frequently seen as more common species.
- Seen at Haye on Wye in 2016
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