land snail
Shell-backed garden dweller
A land snail is a snail that lives on land rather than in water, typically carrying a coiled shell on its back.
Land snails move slowly on a muscular foot, leaving a trail of slime, and include both garden pests and escargot species eaten as delicacies: The garden was overrun with land snails.
Hard outer covering
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- radulaMollusk scraping organ
- mantleCovering or wrap
foot · slime · mucus · operculum · eyestalks · hermaphrodite · sole
Move slowly, low
- creepStealthy, slow movement
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- slime trailMucous path left behind
- slowLacking in speed
locomotion · inch · sluggish · deliberate · undulation · adhesion · suction
Edible land snails
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- garlic butterSeasoned fat with pungent bulb
- French cuisineCooking from France
- edibleSafe to consume
Cultivated plant area
- soilGround matter for planting
- leaf litterDecomposing ground debris
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
- mossSpore-bearing ground cover
rocks · logs · damp · humid · nocturnal · burrow · vegetation · hedgerow
Curve winding around center
- whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges
- apertureAdjustable optical inlet
- coiledArranged in spirals
- calcium carbonateMineral in shells and marble
suture · umbilicus · lip · spire · apex · columella · sculpture · ornamentation
shell
Hard outer covering
- tentaclesFlexible grasping appendages
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- radulaMollusk scraping organ
mantle · foot · slime · mucus · operculum · eyestalks · hermaphrodite · sole
crawl
Move slowly, low
- creepStealthy, slow movement
- glideMove with effortless continuity
- slime trailMucous path left behind
slow · locomotion · inch · sluggish · deliberate · undulation · adhesion · suction
escargot
Edible land snails
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- garlic butterSeasoned fat with pungent bulb
- French cuisineCooking from France
garden
Cultivated plant area
- soilGround matter for planting
- leaf litterDecomposing ground debris
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
moss · rocks · logs · damp · humid · nocturnal · burrow · vegetation · hedgerow · woodland
spiral
Curve winding around center
calcium carbonate · suture · umbilicus · lip · spire · apex · columella · sculpture · ornamentation · banding
herbivorous
Consuming only plants
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- algaePrimitive aquatic photosynthesizers
- fungiSpore-reproducing decomposers
calcium · detritus · crops · seedlings · lettuce · hostas · strawberries · decomposer · rasping · grazing
Helix
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- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- mollusksclams, mollusk, mollusks, mussels, clam
- shelled animalsclam, oyster, mussel, scallop, turtle
- slow animalssloth, tortoise, slug, three-toed sloth, two-toed sloth
- Caribbean wildlifeshark, sharks, dolphin, whale, flamingo
- gastropodsslug, nudibranchs, sea slugs, conch, limpet
land snailsea snail
Saltwater gastropod mollusk
marine snail · freshwater snail · slug · garden slug · sea slug
land snailcheetah
Fastest land animal
peregrine falcon · hare · greyhound · gazelle · sailfish
land snailslug
Naked terrestrial mollusk
sea slug · nudibranch · earthworm · leech · caterpillar