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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:
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A snail is a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs . However, the common name snail is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have a coiled shell that is large enough for the animal to retract completely into.
Physa fontinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Fountain bladder snail – type species † Physa fuxinensis X.-H. Yu, 1987 † Physa galei Russell, 1926 † Physa galloprovincialis Matheron, 1843 † Physa gaoyouensis W. Yü, 1977 † Physa gardanensis Matheron, 1843 † Physa globosa Yen, 1954 † Physa gracilis Nicolas, 1891; Physa hankensis ...
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The anus of most molluscs and indeed many animals is located far from the head. In limpets and most gastropods, however, the evolutionary torsion which took place and allowed the gastropods to have a shell into which they could completely withdraw has caused the anus to be located near the head.