European Ambersnail
Succinea putris
The adult European ambersnail inhabits wet meadows, marsh edges, stream banks, and lush vegetation in humid places. It moves slowly over plants and debris, grazing on soft living vegetation, algae, fungi, and decaying organic matter. Its delicate amber shell is higher and more fragile-looking than many land snails, but still provides its main defense when it retracts. A notable fact is that this species can serve as an intermediate host for the parasitic flatworm Leucochloridium, whose broodsacs may visibly pulse in the snail's tentacles.
- Type
- Shell
- Conservation status
- NE