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Snails and Slugs from Los Angeles County (SLIME project, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)

Snails and slugs Living in Metropolitan Environments (SLIME) is a citizen science project that aims to catalogue the biodiversity of terrestrial gastropods (land snails and slugs) in Los Angeles County. Here are pictures of snails and slugs from our SLIME project to help you identify those you ...more ↓

Rounded Snail 1
Discus rotundatus
Slippery Moss-snail 1
Cochlicopa lubrica
Oxychilus 1
Greenhouse Slug 1
Ambigolimax valentianus
Orchid Snail 1
Zonitoides arboreus
Smooth Grass-snail 1
Vallonia pulchella
Garden Snail 1
Helix aspersa
White Italian Snail 1
Theba pisana
Milk Snail 1
Otala lactea
Helminthoglypta tudiculata 1
Decollate Snail 2
Rumina decollata
Glyptostoma gabrielense 3
Helminthoglypta traskii 1
southern flatcoil snail 1
Polygyra cereolus
Garden Arion 4
Arion hortensis
Milky Slug 5
Deroceras reticulatum
Hesperarion hemphilli 6

Edited by Jann Vendetti, Susan J. Hewitt, BJ Stacey, James Bailey, Cedric Lee, and Phil Liff-Grieff, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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  • 5. (c) Liam O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Liam O'Brien
  • 6. (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey

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