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brown snail - serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution

genus Helix, Helix - type genus of the family Helicidae

garden snail - any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests

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Here I report on laboratory and screenhouse investigations to assess the potential of using copper hydroxide to protect flowering plants from herbivory by a different mollusc, the Cuban brown snail Zachrysia provisoria (Pfeiffer, 1858) (Gastropoda: Pleurodontidae).

Evaluation of copper hydroxide as a repellent and feeding deterrent for Cuban brown snail (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pleurodontidae)

Slithering through your garden, the common brown snail (Helix aspersa) is usually viewed with contempt.

Garden snails as escargots

On the other hand, the Cuban brown snail, Zachrysia provisoria (Pfeiffer, 1858) (Gastropoda: Pleurodontidae), consumed this same orthoboric acid--based bait and was readily killed (Capinera 2013).

Biology and food habits of the invasive snail Allopeas gracile (Gastropoda: Subulinidae)

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