creature

The Blue Snail

Family Bulimulidae

Where to See It Damp forest floor and estate ground after rain, the interior

Its shell is thin, glossy and almost translucent, tinted a soft sea-green, while the living animal beneath glows an extraordinary periwinkle blue. That vivid blue is the colour of the creature itself, showing through its near-transparent shell and brightest when it is wet after rain. Grenada's tiny land snails are many and still little studied — several found nowhere else on Earth. A find to treasure.

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