In this post I talked briefly about finding the mid-twentieth century introduction Hygromia cinctella Draparnaud 1801 in Yeovil in Somerset. Back in May I was digging in Cambridgeshire, when I came across these (modern) shells of another introduction, Cernuella virgata Da Costa 1778:
C. virgata is a somewhat older resident than H. cinctella, it’s probably a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘snails’
A resident alien snail from Sawston, Cambridgeshire
Posted in ecology, shells, snails, tagged Cambridgeshire, introductions, Roman, snails, zooarchaeology on July 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Shell Architecture Up Close
Posted in photography, shells, snails, tagged photography, shells, snails on July 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In my opinion, molluscs are quite impressive looking things, and that is no less true of the smaller snails as it is octopi and giant clams. Vertigo pygmaea Draparnaud 1801 is a holarctic land snail often found in dry calcareous grassland and on dunes, but never in wooded areas. Inside the mouth of the shell [...]
Alien snails
Posted in ecology, shells, snails, tagged ecology, snails, Somerset, yeovil on February 5, 2009 | 7 Comments »
This week non-native species of land snail have been on my mind a lot, as I was analysing an archaeological asssemblage which contained some Cornu aspersum Müller 1774, a species usually described as having been introduced back in Roman times. Walking in Yeovil this morning, I spotted a shell I had not seen locally before. [...]
Snails from Henlade, Somerset, UK
Posted in ecology, sites, snails, tagged ecology, snails, Somerset, South West, tribute on December 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For the past two weeks, I have been part of a team excavating a site near to Henlade in Somerset. While on the site, I decided to opportunistically collect a few (modern) empty snail shells, to see what has been living there. I’ve targeted two areas so far, a small shaded area at the [...]
