The tiny potamopyrgus snail (less than 5mm long), a New Zealand native which has become a pest in Europe and North America. The drawing is from Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca: note, some shells have a coronet of spines around the whorls, some don't.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 314, 1 November 2004, Page 6
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46The tiny potamopyrgus snail (less than 5mm long), a New Zealand native which has become a pest in Europe and North America. The drawing is from Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca: note, some shells have a coronet of spines around the whorls, some don't. Forest and Bird, Issue 314, 1 November 2004, Page 6
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