Other Invertebrates
Other Invertebrates
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Michael123
wrote:
Yesterday
MazzV thanks so much. Will do. This species is quite variable in colour. Most are light brown with a darker brown spiral band. Some lack the spiral band and others are dark brown all over. They may have either a bright pink or white outer lip when mature. Always nice to see this NSW endemic species.
Ventopelita leucocheilus
MazzV
wrote:
28 Sep 2025
Hi @Michael123 !
Sorry to not get to this sooner, just catching up on a backlog of IDs, comments etc. I'm blown away to find another specimen of this! You are welcome to record this on your 'Snails of Aus' site, and as before, pls omit reference to your source & location beyond specifying 'Copmanhurst area' NSW, and pls attribute it (if that is what you usually do), to an 'anonymous NSW North Coast contributor'. Further info for you: This one was found within a few metres of the 1st one I logged (Sighting 4664136), but there are not the smattering of brown spots on the shell on this one, so I'm tempted to think it is not the same specimen (They were found 1 month apart to the day).
Sorry to not get to this sooner, just catching up on a backlog of IDs, comments etc. I'm blown away to find another specimen of this! You are welcome to record this on your 'Snails of Aus' site, and as before, pls omit reference to your source & location beyond specifying 'Copmanhurst area' NSW, and pls attribute it (if that is what you usually do), to an 'anonymous NSW North Coast contributor'. Further info for you: This one was found within a few metres of the 1st one I logged (Sighting 4664136), but there are not the smattering of brown spots on the shell on this one, so I'm tempted to think it is not the same specimen (They were found 1 month apart to the day).
Ventopelita leucocheilus
Michael123
wrote:
22 Sep 2025
This is NOT Lissachatina fulica. It is a harmless native species found widely through SE Qld and NE NSW. Really need to see a better photo showing the whole shell but there is enough in this image to identify to genus/species.
Sphaerospira fraseri
Michael123
wrote:
22 Sep 2025
It is probably Bradybaena similaris Family Bradybaenidae (Camaenidae) 'Asian Tramp Snail' or 'Asian Tramp Snail'. Invasive horticultural pest from China.
Unverified Snail or Slug (Gastropoda)
Significant sightings
- Theba pisana at Ventnor, VIC
- Sauroconcha grayi at Bucketty, NSW
- Littoraria filosa at East Point, NT
- Sauroconcha middenense at Nelson Bay, NSW
- Ventopelita leucocheilus at Copmanhurst, NSW
- Austrochloritis abrotonus at Berlang, NSW
- Fastosarion freycineti at Killabakh, NSW
- Hedleyella falconeri at Darlington, QLD
- Mysticarion hyalinus at Tregony, QLD
- Oxyloma elegans at Campbell, ACT
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