Edwin Giesbers / Brown-lipped / Grove / Banded snails (Cepaea nemoralis) on plant stem, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Fabrice Cahez / Garden / Grove Snail (Cepaea nemoralis) on twig. Vosges, France, May.

Alex Hyde / Brown lipped snail {Cepaea nemoralis} on plant stem, photographed against a white background. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April

Colin Varndell / Yellow banded / Grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis) five banded, Dorset, UK, May

MYN / Niall Benvie / Brown lipped snail / Grove Snail (Cepaea nemoralis), Scotland, UK, May 2011 meetyourneighbours.net project

Alex Hyde / Brown lipped / Grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis) two attached to limestone rock, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Banded Snail (Cepaea nemoralis) on Yellow flag iris (Iris psueudacorus) Norfolk, UK, June

Edwin Giesbers / Brown-lipped / Grove / Banded snails (Cepaea nemoralis) on plant stem, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Edwin Giesbers / Close up of shell of Brown-lipped / Grove / Banded snail (Cepaea nemoralis) Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Stephen Dalton / Grove / Banded snail (Cepaea nemoralis) on branch with Staghorns fungus, UK

Robert Thompson / Common banded / Grove snail {Cepaea nemoralis} two showing different shell patterns, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland

Robert Thompson / Dark-lipped / Grove snail {Cepaea nemoralis} Streedagh Dunes, County Silgo, Republic of Ireland, August