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Diagnosis: Rhinocochlis nasuta Common name: Green Snail
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Diagnosis: Rhinocochlis nasuta Common name: Green Snail
Green Snail (Rhinocochlis nasuta), family Dyakiidae, found near Kuching, Borneo, Malaysia
photograph by sabine_in_singapore
Green Snail Rhinocochlis nasuta | ©Bernard Dupont (Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo)
Native to Borneo, this beautiful land snail, Rhinocochlis nasuta (Dyakiidae), is characterized by its elegant shape, because the shell is sinistral, and its bright green color.
Green snail - Rhinocochlis nasuta | ©Paul Bertner (Mt. Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Borneo)
Rhinocochlis nasuta (Dyakiidae) is an elegant land snail known from Borneo, with a compressed and small shell up to 24 mm.
The shell of this snail is levorotatory or sinistral, this means that the direction of rotation of the shell around its axis occurs in counterclockwise, so if the shell is placed with the apex upward then the opening of the shell is to the left side.
As the common name indicates, the body of the animal is of a bright green color, however, the shell is actually milky white, but is observed green because it is very thin and translucent.
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