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A legged animal, the inchworm, also moves like this, clasping with appendages at either end of its body. Limbless animals can also move using pedal locomotory waves, rippling the underside of the body. This is the main method used by molluscs such as slugs and snails, and also large flatworms, some other worms, and even earless seals.
Zospeum tholussum or the domed land snail, [2] is a cave-dwelling species of air-breathing land snails in the family Ellobiidae. It is a very small species, with a shell height of less than 2 mm (0.08 in) and a shell width of around 1 mm (0.04 in). Z. tholussum individuals are completely blind and possess translucent shells with five to six ...
A species of sea snail in its natural habitat: two individuals of the wentletrap Epidendrium billeeanum with a mass of egg capsules in situ on their food source, a red cup coral. A sea snail Euthria cornea laying eggs. Sea snails are slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone.
The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) has announced a new exhibit titled “Clayography in Motion: Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail,” which will open Dec. 20 and run until March 2025. In ...
Four different views of the same shell of the land snail Arianta arbustorum: apertural view (top left) showing its aperture; lateral view (top right); apical view (bottom left) showing its apex and umbilical view (bottom right).
Snail, called "igbin" in Yoruba language is a delicacy, widely eaten in Nigeria, especially among the Yorubas and Igbos. In Igbo language, snails are called "Ejuna" or "Eju". In Cameroon, snails, usually called 'nyamangoro' and 'slow boys' are a delicacy especially to natives of the South West region of Cameroon. The snails are either eaten ...
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These snails are sometimes called "jumping snails" because the tail is modified with a caudal horn and the posterior part of the foot acts as a catapult to push off from contiguous substrates, allowing the snail to suddenly move several inches.