42 Cepaea hortensis. Shells of snails eaten by a rodent. At side of a large river in the Pennine foothills. March 1994.

42 Cepaea hortensis. Shells of snails eaten by a rodent. At side of a large river in the Pennine foothills. March 1994.

Found under a log next to a vole run. Five C. hortensis (1), three Arianta arbustorum (2) and one Oxychilus sp.(3). All were opened by biting through the spire. The thickened aperture-lip was unbroken on all except one A. arbustorum (4).

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