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The common slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) is a species of legless lizard native to western Eurasia. It is also called a deaf adder, blindworm, or regionally, a long-cripple, steelworm, and hazelworm. The "blind" in blind-worm refers to the lizard's small eyes, similar to a blindsnake (although the slow-worm's
Helix snails are also attacked by various beetles and flies. The beetle predators belong to the families Carabidae and Lampyridae. [49] [50] [68] The predation by birds, small mammals, and beetles mostly affects juveniles. [49] Larvae of flies from several families attack Helix snails and may kill even adults (Phoridae, Muscidae, Sarcophagidae ...
Revolving lines – Spiral lines on a snail shell which run parallel with the sutures. [1] Rhombic – Having four sides, the angles being oblique. [1] Rhomboid – Four-sided, but two of the sides being longer than the others. [1] Rimate – Provided with a very small hole or crack, as some snails in which the umbilicus is very narrowly open. [1]
The magnificent ramshorn snail is found only in the Lower Cape Fear River basin. It was recently returned to the wild for the first time in decades. A near-extinct NC snail is back in the wild.
A molluscivore is a carnivorous animal that specialises in feeding on molluscs such as gastropods, bivalves, brachiopods and cephalopods.Known molluscivores include numerous predatory (and often cannibalistic) molluscs, (e.g.octopuses, murexes, decollate snails and oyster drills), arthropods such as crabs and firefly larvae, and, vertebrates such as fish, birds and mammals. [1]
The bird has a bare patch of skin behind each eye; this patch is shaded blue anterior to red posterior. The lesser roadrunner is slightly smaller, not as streaky, and has a smaller bill. Both the lesser roadrunner and the greater roadrunner leave behind very distinct "X" track marks appearing as if they are travelling in both directions. [9]
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This species is found in freshwater lakes, ponds, and slow-moving rivers with mud bottoms. Radix auricularia can live on boulders or vegetation in low or high-flow environments, and is capable of tolerating anoxic conditions, but it tends to prefer very lentic waters in lakes, bogs or slow rivers where there is a silt substrate. [6] [7] [22]