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Oxychilus navarricus, before 2002 known as Oxychilus helveticus (Blum, 1881), is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
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]
Cantareus apertus, [2] commonly known as the green garden snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. Distribution
Janthina globosa, commonly referred to as the violet snail, is a neustonic organism characterized by its thin, fragile purple shell and large size The maximum recorded shell length is 38.5 mm. [2] Females normally grow to larger sizes than males, making it easy to distinguish between the sexes.
Tritia neritea is a species of sea snail, ... The coloring is slightly variable, it is generally of a yellowish or reddish white, with brown lines, and two decurrent ...
Sometimes these shells are completely black. The fleshy body of the snail is black with bright yellow or orange spots. [5] Pigment producing cells infect nearby cells so that they also produce pigment. Cells that are infected once become immune to producing pigment again. As a result, the coloring of the snail's shell forms the characteristic ...
Quantula striata, also known as Dyakia striata, is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, tropical land snail. It is a terrestrial , pulmonate , gastropod mollusk in the family Dyakiidae . This species appears to be unique among terrestrial gastropods in that it is bioluminescent : Its eggs glow in the dark, and juveniles and most adults ...
Prior to 2009, it included all cone snail species but is now more precisely defined. Description The ... striae, colors and the pattern of coloring.