Small snails from Magun, Qala

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Small snails from Magun, Qala

Post by MWP admin » Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:10 am

I have this specimen for ID which I have not found in local books or maltafauna.com. Probably, il-Pine will reply - "It is the common...." :P

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Post by IL-PINE » Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:20 pm

seems to be our endemic Trochoidea spratti, which is found in various forms from flat to that shape and in various colours! It is so variable that in the past, around 20 different species were described!
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Post by MWP admin » Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:23 pm

Thank you very much!
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