Most Aussie land snails are right handed!

Australian land snails are almost always dextral i.e. they have a right hand opening. A few rare species are sinistral [left hand opening]

P3d

Common form with right hand opening:

Eastern Trumpetsnail

Gyliotrachela australis

P6b

Rarer left hand opening:

Border Ranges Staircase-snail

Velepalaina strangei

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