Tawny Glass Snail - Euconulus fulvus

This small, conical snail grows to around 3.5mm wide and as the common name suggests it is a tawny brown colour but with a partly transparent shell. The aperture is crescent-shaped and there is no imbilicus. The body of the live snail is pale, distinguishing it from Euconulus alderi which has a dark body.

Euconuls alderi shell is virtually indistinguishable but the live snail has a dark body in contrast to the pale body of E. fulvus.

• up to 3.5mm wide
• conical
• crescent-shaped aperture
• pale body

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Woodlands, usually in leaf litter or under logs.

All year

Common and widespread

Uncommon but probably under-recorded.