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Predatory land snail - Victaphanta atramentaria Found in eastern parts of Victoria this snail actively hunts other snails, slugs, earthworms etc. <br /> A bright red-orange foot; glossy black whorled shell with gold centre; dark red mottled body. <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/55506/predatory_land_snail_-_victaphanta_atramentaria.html" title="Predatory land snail - Victaphanta atramentaria"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2532/55506_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=SKfOD%2F6%2Fmj7bnsU94NnXpwJBK7w%3D" width="200" height="150" alt="Predatory land snail - Victaphanta atramentaria Found on the side of alpine mountain national park. Victaphanta atramentaria,carnivore,land snail" /></a></figure> Australia,Geotagged,Snail,Spring,Victaphanta atramentaria,land snail Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Predatory land snail - Victaphanta atramentaria

Found in eastern parts of Victoria this snail actively hunts other snails, slugs, earthworms etc.
A bright red-orange foot; glossy black whorled shell with gold centre; dark red mottled body.

Predatory land snail - Victaphanta atramentaria Found on the side of alpine mountain national park. Victaphanta atramentaria,carnivore,land snail

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Wonderful find, Mark! Posted 7 years ago
  2. View englishindiangirl's profile
    englishindiangirl
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    Ooh I love it! Would it make a good pet? I've got plenty of slugs and snails that eat my beans and peas!!!! Posted 7 years ago
  3. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
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    What a shiny shell! Gorgeous specimen! Posted 7 years ago

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The Victaphanta atramentaria

''Victaphanta atramentaria'', common name the Gippsland black snail, is a species of carnivorous air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Rhytididae.

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Similar species: Land Snails And Slugs
Species identified by Mark Ridgway
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By Mark Ridgway

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Uploaded Dec 11, 2017. Captured Nov 21, 2017 10:28 in Australian Alps Walking Track, Caringal VIC 3825, Australia.
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  • Canon IXUS 285 HS
  • f/4.0
  • 1/79s
  • ISO80
  • 5.675mm

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