Snail, Land
Description
Rhytida meesoni perampla. A very small snail shell. It is brown in colour with no pattern. The shell is almost translucent.
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Classification
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This
is
a
small
species
of
land
snails.
They
are
carnivorous.
Some
of
these
species
has
been
discovered
to
bite
the
head
of
other
snails
and
then
carry
them
away
on
the
back
of
their
foot.
The
tail
secretes
a
liquid
that
dissolves
the
snail
flesh
and
calcium.
They
are
re
found
in
damp
leaf
litter
and
rock
piles
in
unmodified
forest.
This
makes
them
susceptible
to
habitat
modification
and
predation.
Accession number
A101.122
Collection type
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