Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
(Garden Snail, Common Garden Snail)

Interactions where Cornu aspersum is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is ectoparasitised by UK/Ireland Riccardoella limacum Roman Snail Mite, Slug Mite Trombidiformes: Ereynetidae Les acariens du genre Riccardoella Berlese, 1923 parasites du poumon de mollusques gasteropodes pulmones terrestres., Fain, A. & van Goethem, J.L., 1986
A Monograph of the Slug Mite-Riccardoella limacum (Schrank.)., Turk, F.A., Phillips, S.-M., 1946
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Ereynetidae/Riccardoella (Riccardoella) limacum/Riccardoella (Riccardoella) limacumRoman snail mite, slug mite Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Pulmonata/Helicidae/Cornu aspersum/Cornu aspersumgarden snail, common garden snail ectoparasitises
spermatheca spermatheca is endoparasitised by UK/Ireland Cryptobia helicis a protozoan The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Cryptobia helicis/Cryptobia helicisa protozoan Animal / parasite / endoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Pulmonata/Helicidae/Cornu aspersum/Cornu aspersumgarden snail, common garden snailspermatheca endoparasitises spermatheca

Author & YearTitleSource
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on ParasitesField Studies 3: 681-718.
Fain, A. & van Goethem, J.L., 1986Les acariens du genre Riccardoella Berlese, 1923 parasites du poumon de mollusques gasteropodes pulmones terrestres.Acarologia Vol 27 (2): 125-140.
Turk, F.A., Phillips, S.-M., 1946A Monograph of the Slug Mite-Riccardoella limacum (Schrank.).Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Series A. Vol 115: 448-472.

Cornu aspersum (Garden Snail, Common Garden Snail) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCornu aspersum (Garden Snail, Common Garden Snail)
FamilyHELICIDAE (typical snails)
OrderPULMONATA (slugs and snails)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cornu aspersum (Garden Snail, Common Garden Snail)

Cornu aspersum (Garden Snail, Common Garden Snail) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fearnley, R.H. 1996 Heterogenic copulatory behaviour produces non-random mating in laboratory trials in the land snail Helix aspersa Muller J. Mollus. Stud. Vol 62: 159-164.

Pollution Affects

Beeby, A. & Richmond, L. 2001 Calcium provision to eggs in two populations of Helix aspersa by parents fed a diet high in lead J. Mollus. Stud. Vol 67: 1-67.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Cornu aspersum (Garden Snail, Common Garden Snail):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Cornu aspersum (Garden Snail, Common Garden Snail)
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