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Snail. For other uses, see Snail (disambiguation). For sea snails, see Sea snail. For land snails, see Land snail. Helix pomatia sealed in its shell with a calcareous epiphragm. A snail is a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs.
- Land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that...
- Cornu aspersum
Cornu aspersum (syn. Helix aspersa, Cryptomphalus aspersus),...
- Freshwater snail
Freshwater snail. Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks...
- Snails as food
Snails as food. Snail dish from Toledo, Spain. Snails are...
- Scaly-foot gastropod
Chrysomallon squamiferum, commonly known as the scaly-foot...
- Land snail
The biggest snail is the giant African snail. Their foot is up to 35 cm long. The fastest snail is the Helix aspersa. It can reach speeds up to 0.047 kmh. There are known more than 43000 species of snails all over the world.
