Cornu aspersum (O. F. Mueller , 1774)

Plazzi, Federico & Pedroni, Guido, 2023, Biodiversity of extant snails (Gastropoda, Mollusca) in the Pliocene Mountain Spur Natural Reserve (Northern Apennine, Italy), Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 95688-95688 : 95688

Cornu aspersum (O. F. Mueller, 1774)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence : recordedBy: Pedroni ; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: 387D7323-CCBB-5FC8-8E7F-96F767117F06; Location : country: Italy; locality: Slopes of Monte Mario (2), PMS, Setta Valley ; verbatimElevation: 231 m; Identification: identifiedBy: Torchi & Pedroni; Event: eventDate: 31.VIII.2020

Notes

Background colour from yellowish to beige to greenish; normally 1-5 spiral brown bands are present, well evident, with yellow or white grooves; peristome white, the edge being more or less folded outside; umbilicus closed in adults. The single specimen was collected in the underbrush, at the surface, below the walls of Monte Mario. This species inhabits natural meadows, shrubs, dunes, cultivated fields, as well as gardens ( Cossignani and Cossignani 1995, Welter-Schultes 2012). It is often a garden pest and has been artificially dispersed across Europe ( Kerney and Cameron 1979, Welter-Schultes 2012).