freshwater snails
Aquatic gastropods, unchlorinated
Freshwater snails are aquatic gastropod mollusks that live in rivers, lakes, ponds, and streams rather than saltwater environments.
They range from tiny species a few millimeters across to apple snails several inches wide.
Some are kept in aquariums to control algae; others are agricultural pests or carry parasites harmful to humans.
The pond was thick with freshwater snails.
- gastropodSingle-shelled soft creature
- snailsShelled terrestrial gastropods
- trematodeParasitic flatworm class
- liver flukeParasitic flatworm targeting hepatobiliary system
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
wetland · shell · calcium carbonate · coiling · aquaculture · operculum · nerite · tropical disease · radula · algae eater · algae · hermaphroditism · pond · crawling · bladder · lettuce · clutch · slow
- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- mollusksclams, mollusk, mollusks, snails, mussels
- gastropodsslug, nudibranchs, sea slugs, land snails, pond snails
- pulmonatesland snails, slug, slugs, banana slug, escargot
aquatic habitat
freshwater snailsmarine snails
Gastropods inhabiting oceans
sea snails · periwinkles · whelks · conchs · cowries