Small pointed snail
The small pointed snail is a little land snail with a tall, pointy shell, like a tiny tower. It breathes air, like garden snails do. It comes from the coasts of southwestern Europe, but people have carried it to other countries far away.
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Fun facts
Its shell is tall and pointed instead of round like a garden snail's shell.
It lives mostly near the sea.
It has been brought to England, Wales, Australia and South Africa.
Scientists now call it Prietocella barbara.
Most asked questions about Small pointed snail
?Where does the small pointed snail live?
Mostly on coasts, from Portugal to the northwestern Mediterranean, and now also in Britain, Australia and South Africa.
?What does the small pointed snail look like?
It is a small snail with a tall, pointy, tower-shaped shell.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cochlicella barbara
- Group
- Snails, slugs and worms
- Family
- Geomitridae
- Classification
- Gastropoda > Stylommatophora > Geomitridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Australia and Oceania, Africa
Where the facts come from
- Cochlicella barbara (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by BotheredByBees. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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