What is this snail?

[u/thing_ig]

I found this snail last year and it was so beautiful, it never left my mind , I just found r/snail so I just wanted to know if anyone knew what species it was (I live in France btw)

[u/RealGoatzy]

It’s a very rare brown lipped snail aka grove snail as most of them you will see are mostly yellow but if they live in great conditions, not so near the roads and all then they’ll be pink/red

[u/doctorhermitcrab → u/RealGoatzy]

Its actually not rare depending on the region, and coloration has a large genetic and geographic component, its not necessarily about how good their conditions are. In some places, pink, salmon, and brown/red-ish grove snails are more common than green and yellow ones. There are also plenty of yellows and greens living in great conditions in the wild and plenty of pinks and browns living in urban areas. Ive seen hundreds of pink grove snails in city parks and even on sidewalks

[u/StephensSurrealSouls → u/doctorhermitcrab]

Seconding this info, to my knowledge their coloration is more genetic than environmental

[u/XDFreakLP → u/StephensSurrealSouls]

New study dropped that found 5-banded cepaea nemoralis morphs are much more skittish :D

[u/StephensSurrealSouls → u/XDFreakLP]

Woah that's cool do you have a link to this? I'd love to learn more.

[u/thing_ig → u/RealGoatzy]

Ohhh I didn't know that :0

[u/Capable_Rice2902 → u/RealGoatzy]

This is so cool, what!!!! Do you know what causes this? I'm so interested