Land Snails

Key to common snails of SEQ

1. a. no shell - slugs 2
   b. shell snails - 8
2. a. triangular in cross-section - Prisma australis length to 60mm brown gray with black pimples
   b. not triangular in cross section - 3
3. a. saddle like mantle - 4
   b. fairly uniform mantle in terms of texture and shape - 6
4. a. light brown with obvious black markings on mantle, huge - up to 220 mm Limax maximus   introduced
   b. no obvious black markings all over body - 5
5. a. small and narrow, uniform light brown to grey - Derocerus panoritanum length to 30mm - introduced
   b. light brown with 2 dorsal stripes on body and tail up to 50mm Lehmannia nyctelia - introduced
6. a. leathery upper surface - 7
   b. red triangle on edges of mantle, length up to 80mm, rainforest slug Triboniophorus graeffei
7. a. grey with a creamy white dorsal stripe Laevicaulis alte - introduced - to 60mm.
   b. light to dark brown, foot with a broad sole, up to 50mmLaevicaulis alte
8. a. Shell is very small for the animal, i.e. it is semi slug like - Fastosarion spp
   b. Shell would house the animal entirely - 10