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  2. Zospeum tholussum - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of non-marine molluscs of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Fumonelix archeri - Archer's toothed land snail; Fumonelix jonesiana- big-tooth covert, Jones' middle-toothed land snail; Punctidae. Punctum pygmaeum - Also known as the "dot snail", typically a translucent and flat shell, commonly found in forests or damp areas. [2] [3]

  4. Heliciculture - Wikipedia

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    A snail farm near Eyragues, Provence, France. Heliciculture, commonly known as snail farming, is the process of raising edible land snails, primarily for human consumption or cosmetic use. [1] The meat and snail eggs a.k.a. white caviar can be consumed as escargot and as a type of caviar, respectively. [2]

  5. Otala lactea - Wikipedia

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    Otala lactea, known as the milk snail or Spanish snail, is a large, edible [3] species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk, in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. [4] Archaeological recovery at the Ancient Roman site of Volubilis, in Morocco, illustrates prehistoric exploitation of O. lactea by humans. [5]

  6. Giant African land snails appear to be invading Florida again

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    Giant African land snails first showed up in the U.S. in Miami in 1966, triggering an extensive eradication program that lasted nine years. But the ravenous snails returned to Miami in 2011 ...

  7. Camaenidae - Wikipedia

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    Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea, the typical snails and their allies. This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora. These snails occur in a wide variety of habitats in the tropics of Eastern Asia and Australasia. [2]

  8. Land snail - Wikipedia

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    The largest living species is the Giant African Snail or Ghana Tiger Snail (Achatina achatina; Family Achatinidae), which can measure up to 30 cm. [13] [14] The largest land snails of non-tropical Eurasia are endemic Caucasian snails Helix buchi and Helix goderdziana from the south-eastern Black Sea area in Georgia and Turkey; diameter of the ...

  9. Achatina achatina - Wikipedia

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    The shells of these snails often grow to a length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in) with a diameter of 9 centimetres (3.5 in). Certain examples have been surveyed in the wild at 30×15 cm, making them the largest extant land snail species known. [5] [6] Similar to other giant land snails such as L. fulica, A. achatina are herbivores. Their diets ...

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