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Bradybaena similaris

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Bradybaena similaris

Bradybaena similaris (also recorded as Asian tramp snail) is an accepted species in the family Camaenidae, within the order Stylommatophora. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from North America, National Park of American Samoa, Mascarene Islands, Cook Islands, Bali, Laos, Madagascar, and Seychelles. Land snails are molluscs that move on a muscular foot and usually carry a coiled shell that protects the soft body.

Common name
Asian tramp snail
Family
Camaenidae
Order
Stylommatophora
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
North America, National Park of American Samoa, Mascarene Islands, Cook Islands, Bali, Laos, Madagascar, Seychelles

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy