Brown-lipped Snail

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Cepaea nemoralis

Brown-lipped Snail, a reference photo
Photo: Cepaea_nemoralis_(Mad_Max).jpg: Mad Max derivative work: Papa Lima Whiskey 2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Cepaea nemoralis, the grove snail, brown-lipped snail or lemon snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. Cepaea nemoralis is the type species of the genus Cepaea.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Brown-lipped Snail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Helicidae
Genus
Cepaea
Species
Cepaea nemoralis

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