Craven Door Snail

From Hutton Roof Crags, a now rare snail

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

What beautiful house it has!

It seems to be described as widespread, yet your description of it being rare aligns with an almost complete lack of observations across platforms. So very thinly spread across a big region, perhaps? Posted 4 years ago
1. NattyOne
  
  Lion
  
  In the UK I would say very restricted, our northern limestone pavements - see
  https://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/about/wildlife/species/animals/other-animals/snails-of-the-dales/#:~:text=Craven%20Door%20Snail%20(Clausilia%20dubia,rocks%20or%20in%20leaf%20litter.
  
  & here - the photo is 12 years old - This was the 1st I have seen and I've been on the limestone pavements a lot this year.
  https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/833910
  Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks, so looks like a local micro habitat plus probably it being overlooked. Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. NattyOne
      
      Lion
      
      There's not a lot of limestone pavement about, used to be broken off for rockery stones and to decorate garden walls Posted 4 years ago

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

Awesome! Posted 4 years ago
1. NattyOne
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Lisa, David Posted 4 years ago

The Craven Door-Snail

''Clausilia dubia'' is a species of small, very elongate, left-handed air-breathing land snail, a sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

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Similar species: Land Snails And Slugs

Species identified by NattyOne