Toothless Chrysalis Snail - Columella edentula

A very small, cylindrical, yellow-brown to brown shell: 2.5-3mm. The aperture lacks teeth and the shell has faint, irregular growth lines.

Similar to C. aspera which has a shell which is slightly broader and shorter and with more pronounced shell sculpture showing more pronounced regular growth lines.

• 2.5-3.0 mm
• brown, nearly cylindrical shell
• faint, irregular growth lines
• no teeth in the aperture

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Widespread in dampish areas such as marshes and woods, particularly in eutrophic sites. It frequently climbs up vegetation.

All year round.

Widespread and quite frequent in Britain.

Uncommon or under-recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.