michael adams writes

"Jim S" wrote in message
...
While tidying my garden here in the North East I noticed that on a patch
of
sandstone wall at about 12" from the ground are scores of tine snails ~3mm
long and cone shaped.
These are new to me.
Any ideas?
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
http://www.jimscott.co.uk

Ice-cream cone shaped snails would probably be sinstrals, possibly
juveniles at that size. Fifth one down

http://www.open2.net/survey/snails/h...l_download.htm


That's a bit of a confusing statement. 'Sinistral' is not the name of
the species, it merely refers to whether the shell coils in a clockwise
or anti-clockwise fashion. 'Ice cream cone' shaped snails can coil in
either direction.

--
Kay