Fraser's Banded Snail

Sphaerospira fraseri

This native snail species is quite large, its shell reaching a diameter of up to 56 mm. The shell ranges from a tawny yellow to dark brown base-colour with many black spiral bands and a dark area behind the outer lip. Being quite rounded in shape, it also has an elevated spire and a bluish black lip. The animal is a dark grey to brown colour with a grey mantle. Fraser's Banded Snail can be found living under logs and rocks in rainforest, closed woodland and in some suburban areas that are adjacent to wet forest patches.

It occurs from around the Clarence River region in northern New South Wales northwards to about Gympie in south-eastern Queensland.

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Molluscs Gastropods Land snails

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Name: Land Snails, Slugs and Freshwater Snails Summary: The terrestrial environment is home to a vast array of snails and slugs. Many native land snails and slugs live in the moist layers of litter on the forest floor and other moist habitats such as rotting logs, under rocks or beneath debris. In eastern Australia, they are particularly diverse in rainforest areas. The freshwater environment also hosts a variety of snails. Subject categories: Molluscs, Gastropods, Land snails See full details

Fraser's Banded Snail

Sphaerospira fraseri

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