Snails - Theba (Euparypha) pisana
Theba pisana is a small white snail sometimes with brown or pinkish stripes. It is found mainly on fennel and broom, most often in tight rows on the stems of plants or other vertical supports where it protects itself during the day from the heat of the soil and manages to withstand the rigors of the sun, which is quite exceptional among terrestrial gastropods, which generally prefer humid environments.
It moves at night to feed on various plants. Its size remains modest, barely more than 2 cm for the largest, it is nevertheless sometimes consumed, for the fennel taste that it acquires by consuming this plant.
It is quite variable in appearance, very white for the examples found in the Provençal scrubland, more striped and dark for those from the coastal dunes. Its shell has 5 to 6 turns of turns and an open and visible umbilicus.
Species native to the Mediterranean area, where it is considered an undesirable species. It has in fact caused significant damage to citrus or ornamental plant plantations.
Like other snails, the dune snail is hermaphrodite and reproduces by cross-fertilization. The eggs are laid in the soil.
As for Eobania vermiculata, it is a Mediterranean edible species, abundant especially not far from the coast.
The diameter is approximately 1 cm to 1.5 cm. It is a fairly small species. The shell is thick and measures two to three centimeters in diameter. The flesh is light and contrasts with the dark coat.
It moves at night to feed on various plants. Its size remains modest, barely more than 2 cm for the largest, it is nevertheless sometimes consumed, for the fennel taste that it acquires by consuming this plant.
It is quite variable in appearance, very white for the examples found in the Provençal scrubland, more striped and dark for those from the coastal dunes. Its shell has 5 to 6 turns of turns and an open and visible umbilicus.
Species native to the Mediterranean area, where it is considered an undesirable species. It has in fact caused significant damage to citrus or ornamental plant plantations.
Like other snails, the dune snail is hermaphrodite and reproduces by cross-fertilization. The eggs are laid in the soil.
As for Eobania vermiculata, it is a Mediterranean edible species, abundant especially not far from the coast.
The diameter is approximately 1 cm to 1.5 cm. It is a fairly small species. The shell is thick and measures two to three centimeters in diameter. The flesh is light and contrasts with the dark coat.