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Variability of the Painted snail. Shells of Polymita picta can reach a length of about 20 millimetres (0.79 in). These large shells are shiny and very brightly colored. Normally they show a bright yellow color with a white stripe, [according to whom?] but the species is well known for its colourful shell polymorphism, with numerous color vari
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A snail is a mollusc of the class gastopoda. Snails are extraordinarily diverse but all have coiled shells as adults to protect them and a strong foot coated in mucous for locomotion. All land snails are hermaphrodites and have two sets of tentacles which carry the eyes and olfactory organs. Articles this image appears in Snail Creator Al2
The jaw has evolved to put maximum leverage at the back of the jaw to crush snail shells. Adults will also eat carrion if they come across it. [13] Wild savannah monitors are also known to occasionally eat lizard eggs (such as those of agamids and their own kind). [14] [15]
The jaw is opposite to the radula and reinforces part of the foregut. [2] The more purely carnivorous the diet, the more the jaw is reduced. [2] There are often pieces of food in the gut corresponding to the shape of the jaw. [2] The jaw structure can be ribbed or smooth:
Depending on the species, adults may reach 1–2 m (39–79 in) in length, yet they weigh only 80–400 g (2.8–14.1 oz). They are distinguished by their very slender jaws that separate toward the tips as the upper jaw curves upward. The jaws appear similar to the beak of the bird called the snipe.
The color of the shell is variable. The ground color is yellowish brown, pale pink, or violet with streaks and blotches of brown, red or purple on the periphery. Blotches on the keel are generally darker, more frequent and more regular than on other parts of shell. It is radiately clouded with brown on the upper surface.