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Angustopila dominikae is a species of light grey, round, land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Hypselostomatidae. Angustopila dominikae have been found in southern China, and are considered to be one of the world's smallest terrestrial molluscs (the holotype's shell height is 0.86 mm). [1]
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A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. Land snail is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as slugs ).
The grove snail, brown-lipped snail or lemon snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. [3] It is one of the most common large species of land snail in Europe, and has been introduced to North America. Subspecies. Cepaea nemoralis etrusca (Rossmässler, 1835) [4]
The anatomy of a common air-breathing land snail: much of this anatomy does not apply to gastropods in other clades or groups. Snails are distinguished by an anatomical process known as torsion, where the visceral mass of the animal rotates 180° to one side during development, such that the anus is situated more or less above the head. This ...
The pursuing snail then mounts the rear side of the shell of the snail it was following. Following this mounting, a head-waving display ensues, where the pursuing snail vigorously shakes its head for 15 minutes. This ultimately ends with a short period of inactivity, where the mounted snail turns its head to face its own shell. [9]
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