page_title: Liguus fasciatus
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Liguus fasciatus / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: A live individual of Liguus fasciatus from Everglades
context_page_description: Liguus fasciatus, the Liguus Tree Snails, also known as "living jewels", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a tree snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.
context_section_description: Shells of Liguus fasciatus can reach a size of 42–68 millimetres (1.7–2.7 in). These polished shining shells, ranging from white to almost black, have whorls banded with many colors (chestnut, orange, yellow pink or green).
  These tree snails feed on fungus and algae scraped from the bark of the host plants (mainly wild tamarind (Lysiloma latisiliquum), pigeon plum (Coccoloba diversifolia) and Myrsine species). They can be found mainly from May through September, but they are active throughout the year.
caption: A live individual of Liguus fasciatus from Everglades
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