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    Default Alien girdled snail (Hygromia cinctella)... I think!

    This was in my front garden . It had been raining and the sun was making everything glow beautifully.

    It originates from the sunny Mediterranean and was was first spotted in the 1950's, in Devon. It has obviously spread as far as Berkshire, but it has taken since 1950 to get this far!

    Of course I could be wrong and this could be a brown lipped snail which is native. But I am trying to identify from this picture not at the time.
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    I think you're right, compare with this chap.
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    Yes looks alien to me. Brown lipped has darker spiral . I could be wrong (again)
    Nice capture

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