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Terrestrial Molluscs

This room displays photos of terrestrial molluscs, including land snails and slugs.

Mollusca

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unidentified snails (katatsumuri). photo: 08/1982, Orange, France. Chocolate Arion [1][mating] or Arion rufus (abt. 15cm). photo: 09/2001, Forêt d'Issaux, France. A Slug, Meghimatium fruhstorferi, or Yama Namekuji. photo: 05/2002, Nagano, Japan.

Euhadra quaesita, or Hidarimaki Maimai <Bradybaenidae>. photo: 06/2002, Tokyo, Japan. A Slug [1], Meghimatium bilineata, or Namekuji. photo: 06/2002, Tokyo, Japan.

Unidentified Snail. photo: 08/2002, Sabah, Malaysia.
Unidentified Snail. photo: 08/2003, Darwin, NT, Australia.
Unidentified Snail. photo: 09/2003, Perth, WA, Australia.

Unidentified Snail [1][2]. photo: 09/2003, 2 Peoples' Bay, WA, Australia.
Euhadra sp., photo: 09/2003, Bridgetown, WA, Australia.
A Slug, Meghimatium fruhstorferi daiseniana, or Daisen Yama Namekuji, probably (15cm). photo: 06/2004, Niigata, Japan.

Unidentified Snail. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan. Meghimatium bilineata [2], or Namekuji. photo: 05/2005, Tokyo, Japan. Unidentified Snail. photo: 07/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Unidentified Snail. photo: 07/2005, Tokyo, Japan. A Slug [2], Meghimatium bilineata, or Namekuji. photo: 07/2005, Tokyo, Japan. A Slug, Limax marinatus, or Cha Koura Namekuji. photo: 07/2005, Tokyo, Japan.

Unidentified Snail. photo: 04/2006, Yamaguchi, Japan. A Land Snail, Euhadra subnimbosa or Setouchi Maimai <Bradybaenidae>. photo: 05/2006, Kôchi, Japan. Unidentified Snail. photo: 05/2006, Kôchi, Japan.

Unidentified Snail. photo: 05/2006, Kôchi, Japan. A Snail, Aegista elegantissima cara or Kunchan Ke Maimai, probably <Bradybaenidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. A Land Snail [1][2], Leptopoma taivanum or Aomi Oka Tanishi <Cyclophoridae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan.

East African Land Snail, Achatina fulica or Ahurika Maimai <Achatinidae>. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. Unidentified Snail [1][2]. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand. Unidentified Snail. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand.

Unidentified Snail. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand. Unidentified Snail. photo: 08/2006, Chiang Dao, Thailand. Unidentified Snail [1][2]. photo: 08/2006, Chiang Dao, Thailand.

Unidentified Snail. photo: 08/2006, Chiang Dao, Thailand. Unidentified Snail. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand. Unidentified Snail. photo: 09/2006, Khao Pra Bang Khram WR, Thailand.

A Land Snail, Euhadra peliomphala or Misuji Maimai <Bradybaenidae>. photo: 05/2007, Tokyo, Japan. back to upper category


exhibition rooms in this sector:

reptiles : geckos | iguanas & agamas | monitors | other lizards | snakes | turtles | crocodiles
amphibians : frogs | other amphibians
fishes : freshwater | seawater
spiders : web builders | jumping spiders | other wanderers | mites
molluscs : terrestrial | aquatic
others groups : crustaceans | land | seashore | planktons

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