The “Candidula Intersect” a.k.a “Wrinkled Dune Snail”

1. The “Candidula Intersect” a.k.a “Wrinkled Dune Snail” By Theresa Dise

2. Introduction: • The name of my species is the “Candidula Intersect” or the Wrinkled Dune Snail. • I discovered this snail in the late afternoon on July 7th. • When I located this snail, it was in a pile of damp towels lying on my trampoline in the backyard. When I went to shake them out, a little shell flew out of it and landed on a log in my mom’s flower bed. • The towels I found the snail in were warm and damp.

3. Picture 1: When I saw the shell fly out of the towels, I ran to see what it was. It looked like a slimy brown glob with a spiral-like shell.

4. Picture 2: The snail started moving away and that’s when I noticed the slimy, wet brown trail it was leaving behind. Yuck!

5. Picture 3: After watching the snail for a while, it slugged it’s way across the log and onto a nearby leaf.

6. Picture 4: It took the little guy a while, but once it crawled across the flower bed, he found his way onto another log and slugged his way onto this little twig. This picture really shows how tiny this little snail was compared to the twig.

7. Picture 5: The little dune snail crawled along the twig until he reached it’s end. In doing so, the little guy left the twig soaked in a gooey brown slime trail just as he did the log in the first shot.

8. Conclusion: I learned a few things from this wildlife project. First, I learned that I shouldn’t leave wet towels outside in the sunlight or I might just attract slimy little creatures. Second, I learned that even the small little creatures you walk past in your yard everyday can be just as complex as the animals in the zoo. They all have their own scientific names and can be found in all different corners of the world!