Dwarf Snail
Punctum pygmaeum

TQ4793 05/05/2019 ©Raymond Small
The smallest species of British land snail. Adults only grow to a diameter of 1.5 mm. The growth rings are raised into sharp ridges. This specimen was found by Essex Field Club recorder Simon Taylor at Lambourne End.
Do you know? A snail spends a lifetime carrying a home on its back in the form of a whorled shell consisting mostly of calcium carbonate.
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