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Pomatia Elegans

Pomatia Elegans

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Pomatias elegans feeds on dead leaves, moss and rotting wood.

The Elegant Striated ( Pomatias elegans ) has a conical shell with 4 to 5 very convex whorls. It is brown to purplish with darker spots, or whitish with pale reddish spots. It is marked with fine spiral streaks forming a fine checkerboard sculpture. The opening is almost circular. The back of the foot has a calcareous operculum to block the entrance to the shell when the animal is inside. The latter is large, brownish gray, it has a muzzle and its eyes are located at the base of the antennae.

they are not hermaphrodites

origin France and Western Europe

adult size 13/18 min

easy maintenance

room temperature

average reproduction

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