What is Cornu aspersum?
{{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox | name = Garden snail | image = Snail1web.jpg | image_caption = Garden snail (''Cornu aspersum'') on ''[[Limonium]]'' | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|title=''Cornu aspersum''|journal=[[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]]|year=2011|volume=2011|author=Neubert, E.|page=e.T156890A5012868|doi= |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/156890/5012868}}</ref> | taxon = Cornu aspersum | authority = ([[Otto Friedrich Müller|O. F. Müller]], 1774)<ref>Müller O. F. (1774). ''Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia''. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber).</ref> | display_parents = 4 | range_map = Cornu aspersum Presence in European countries.png | synonyms = ''Helix aspersa'' <small>Müller, 1774</small> }} '''''Cornu aspersum''''' is the garden [[snail]]. They are often called a pest. In English books it was called '''''Helix aspersa''''' for over two centuries, but the current classification now places it in the genus ''Cornu''. They are native to [[Europe]], though have spread elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.snail-world.com/garden-snail/|title=Garden Snail - Snail Facts and Information|publisher=}}</ref> It is very similar, but smaller than the Roman snail (''Helix pomantia''). [[File:Snail-wiki-120-Zachi-Evenor.jpg|thumb| ''Helix aspersa'']] [[File:Cornu aspersum Presence in European countries.png|thumb|map showing where Helix aspersa are found in Europe]] ==Food== [[File:Leavessnipedale.jpg|thumb|snails eat leaves]] These snails mainly eat plants, since they are [[herbivore|herbivores]]. ==Reproduction== Snails are both male and female. They are able to reproduce by themselves, though normally reproduce sexually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thegardensnailresource.weebly.com/reproductive-system.html|title=Reproductive System|website=The Garden Snail Resource}}</ref> == References == {{refli