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title: "Brown-lipped Snail"
description: "Cepaea nemoralis — Other animals. Cepaea nemoralis, the grove snail, brown-lipped snail or lemon snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brown-lipped-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown-lipped Snail

> Cepaea nemoralis — Other animals. Cepaea nemoralis, the grove snail, brown-lipped snail or lemon snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc.

- Scientific name: *Cepaea nemoralis*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 107081
- Wikidata: [Q114893](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114893)
- iNaturalist taxon: [48586](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48586)

## Names

- en: Brown-lipped Snail
- de: Hain-Bänderschnecke
- es: Caracol moro
- fr: Escargot des bois
- nl: Gewone tuinslak
- pt: Caracol-riscado
- pl: Wstężyk gajowy

## Countries with the most observations

CA (22417), US (14461), DE (12502), GB (12032), PL (5798), FR (5548), DK (3379), AT (2522), IT (2233), NL (2099), ES (1821), CZ (1435)

## Summary

Cepaea nemoralis, the grove snail, brown-lipped snail or lemon snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. Cepaea nemoralis is the type species of the genus Cepaea.
The species is one of the most common large land snails in Europe and has been introduced to North America. It is used as a model organism in ecological genetics, including in citizen science projects.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepaea_nemoralis

## Photo

![Brown-lipped Snail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-lipped-snail/medium.jpg)

Photo: tasty_y · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162647097

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-lipped-snail?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).