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Helicidae is a large, diverse family of western Palaearctic, medium to large-sized, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails."It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropogenic habitats, and some became invasive on other continents.
See List of synonyms Tonna galea , commonly known as the giant tun , is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae (also known as the tun shells). This very large sea snail or tun snail is found in the North Atlantic Ocean as far as the coast of West Africa , in the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean Sea .
Conus striatus, common name the striated cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [3] These snails are predatory and venomous. While they are piscivorous (eat fishes), they are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all ...
Bulinus globosus apertural view of the shell of Bulinus globosus Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Superorder: Hygrophila Family: Planorbidae Genus: Bulinus Species: B. globosus Binomial name Bulinus globosus (Morelet, 1866) Synonyms Physa globosus Morelet, 1866 Bulinus globosus is a ...
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Physella acuta is a species of small, left-handed or sinistral, air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. Common names include European physa , tadpole snail , bladder snail , and acute bladder snail .
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 completely into.
Synonyms [1] Melania pagodula Gould, 1847 Brotia pagodula is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum , an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae .