#4574 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Copse Snail
🇳🇱 Heesterslak ·Arianta arbustorum
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © AfroBrazilian · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. © Tom Meijer · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © Aleksey Andreyanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 6. © Almantas Kulbis · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 8. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- 10. © Miika Silfverberg · CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Arianta arbustorum is a medium-sized species of land snail, sometimes known as the "copse snail", a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 528 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #6 most seen of the snails, slugs & other molluscs in NL.
- 27,338 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Copse Snail
- Nederlands
- Heesterslak
- scientific name
- Arianta arbustorum
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Stylommatophora
- family
- Helicidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 528
- sightings in Europe
- 23,519
- sightings worldwide
- 27,338
- GBIF records in NL
- 22,169
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Helicidae
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🇳🇱 Zwartgerande tuinslak
Cepaea nemoralis
LC 👀 2.1k in NL
#4570 📷 7Garden Snail
🇳🇱 Segrijnslak
Cornu aspersum
👀 2.1k in NL
#4573 📷 7Roman Snail
🇳🇱 Wijngaardslak
Helix pomatia
LC 👀 538 in NL
#4591 📷 10White Italian Snail
🇳🇱 Zandslak
Theba pisana
👀 196 in NL
#4600 📷 8White-lipped Snail
🇳🇱 Witgerande tuinslak
Cepaea hortensis
LC 👀 134 in NL
#4751 📷 10Chocolate-band Snail
🇳🇱 Pastaslak
Eobania vermiculata
👀 2 in NL
#4756 📷 8Turkish Snail
🇳🇱 Gebandeerde wijngaardslak
Helix lucorum
👀 1 in NL
#4759 📷 8Milk Snail
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Otala lactea
🌍 22.4k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 55617, Wikidata Q945738, GBIF 5778937, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.