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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
It likes to draw and bathe in hot springs and has an easygoing personality. Furoshiki , the pink cloth with cream-yellow polka dots, is its most prized possession. It heard from the traveling Penguin (Real) that there were warm seas in the south, so it ran away from the polar region and ended up in the corner with the other Sumikko. [ 47 ]
The snail takes 30–40 days to hatch and is then considered young (before sexual maturity). Sexual maturity begins between 4 and 16 months after hatching. The snail is relatively fast moving at about 8 mm/s. [3] The snail has a light grey or brown body, with its lower tentacles being long and almost touching the ground.
Polymita picta, also known as the Cuban painted snail, or the oriente tree snail, is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. [2] It is the type species of the genus Polymita, and is endemic to Eastern Cuba.
Liguus virgineus, also known as the candy cane snail, is a species of tree-living snail native to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. It has a distinctive conical shell of 30–60 mm (1.2–2.4 in). It has a distinctive conical shell of 30–60 mm (1.2–2.4 in).
Trochulus striolatus, previously known as Trichia striolata, common name the "strawberry snail," is a species of tiny, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. This species of snail uses love darts before mating.