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Sri Lanka Red mouthed Lustful Snail, Kottawa, Sri Lanka Fairly certain this is the right ID. The lip was quite red, so pretty explanatory. Any other ID's are welcome! Acavus haemastoma Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Sri Lanka Red mouthed Lustful Snail, Kottawa, Sri Lanka

Fairly certain this is the right ID. The lip was quite red, so pretty explanatory. Any other ID's are welcome!

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Cool find! I don't know anything about snails, but did find this interesting page of Sri Lanka endemic snails:
    http://slendemics.net/easl/invertibrates/snails/landsnails.html     Posted 4 years ago
    1. View ShanelleAW's profile
      ShanelleAW
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      Thank you! I also photographed R. irradadiens,I'll try get it up soon. Posted 4 years ago

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The Acavus haemastoma

''Acavus haemastoma '' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. Three subspecies are recognized.

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Similar species: Land Snails And Slugs
Species identified by ShanelleAW
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By ShanelleAW

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Uploaded Jul 17, 2018. Captured Jul 16, 2018 04:21.
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  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/8.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO3200
  • 400mm