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Plaited door-snail

Cochlodina laminata
Eats: PlantsSnails, slugs and wormsForests and woodsNo legsNot an insect, but a bug cousin

The plaited door-snail is a land snail with a long, thin, pointy shell. Its shell is brown to cherry red, smooth and shiny. Like all door snails, it has a tiny door inside its shell that closes when it pulls itself in.

Fun fact: this one is not an insect at all, it has no legs! But kids find it on every bug hunt, so it lives in Bug Wiki too.
Lives in
Much of Europe, including Russia and Ukraine
Top speed
about 0.03 km/h (0.02 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Wash your hands after holding one, like after touching any wild animal.
What does it eat?
Like other land snails, it scrapes up its plant food with its rough tongue.
For real!Photo of Plaited door-snail
Picture by H. Zell. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

The little door inside its shell is called a clausilium.

2

A grown-up snail weighs only about 0.14 grams, less than a paper clip.

3

Scientists know six subspecies of it.

you asked

Most asked questions about Plaited door-snail

?Why is it called a door-snail?

It has a tiny door inside its shell that shuts the snail safely in.

?What colour is the plaited door-snail?

Its shell is brown to cherry red and shiny.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Cochlodina laminata
Named by
Montagu, 1803
Group
Snails, slugs and worms
Family
Clausiliidae
Classification
Gastropoda > Stylommatophora > Clausiliidae
Lives on
Europe

Where the facts come from

  1. Cochlodina laminata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by H. Zell. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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