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A snail is a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name snail is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have a coiled shell that is large enough for the animal to retract
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
Lymnaea is a genus of small to large-sized air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lymnaeinae ( of the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. [ 2 ] Some species are used in aquaculture under the name Melantho snails .
The anatomy of a common air-breathing land snail: much of this anatomy does not apply to gastropods in other clades or groups. Snails are distinguished by an anatomical process known as torsion, where the visceral mass of the animal rotates 180° to one side during development, such that the anus is situated more or less above the head. This ...
Xenophora, commonly called carrier shells, is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier snails or carrier shells. [2] The genus Xenophora is the type genus of the family Xenophoridae.
The word wentletrap originated in Dutch (wenteltrap), and it means spiral staircase. These snails are sometimes also called "staircase shells", and "ladder shells". These snails are sometimes also called "staircase shells", and "ladder shells".
Synonyms Helix alliaria Miller, 1822 Oxychilus alliarius , commonly known as the garlic snail or garlic glass-snail , is a species of small, air-breathing land snail , a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the glass snail family, Oxychilidae .
Synonyms Caecilianella acicula (Müller) Cecilioides acicula , common name the "blind snail" or "blind awlsnail", is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail , a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae .