The Molluscs

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To date all animals of the phylum Mollusca (the molluscs) belong to the same Order Stylommatophora (Class: Gastropoda) spread over several families that cover the slugs and snails found in the garden.

Field Slug – Deroceras agreste (Family: Agiolmacidae)
The Black Slug – Arion ater (Family: Arionidae)
Three Band Slug spp – Ambigolimax spp (Family: Limacidae)
A Glass Snail – Aegopinella nitidula (Family: Gastrodontidae)
White-lipped Snail – Cepaea hortensis (Family: Helicidae)
Brown-lipped Snail – Cepaea nemoralis (Family: Helicidae)
Garden Snail – Cornu aspersum (Family: Helicidae)
Girdled Snail – Hygromia cinctella (Family: Hygromiidae)