pond snail
Freshwater shell-bearer
A pond snail is any of various freshwater snails commonly found in ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams.
They breathe air and often glide along the water's surface or on aquatic plants.
Pond snails are popular in aquariums as algae cleaners, though they reproduce prolifically and can become pests: The pond snails took over my fish tank.
Lacking in speed
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- footLeg's lowest part
floating · climbing · unhurried · steady · deliberate
Non-saline aquatic environment
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- aquaticWater-inhabiting
- limnologyStudy of inland waters
- waterlilyFloating pond flower
reeds · sediment · duckweed · mud · shallows · vegetation · substrate · oxygenation
Hard outer covering
- tentacleFlexible grasping appendage
- radulaMollusk scraping organ
- footLeg's lowest part
- operculumAnatomical lid structure
mantle · antennae · slime · mucus · hermaphrodite · gill · lung · aperture
Curve winding around center
- whorlSpiral arrangement of ridges
- coilingLooping around repeatedly
- dextralOf the right hand
- sinistralLeft-side dominant
aperture · spire · apex · conical · translucent · fragile · amber · globular
Herbivore eating low vegetation
- herbivorePlant-only consumer
- scavengerSeeker of refuse
- biofilmAdhesive layer of microorganisms
- detritusLoose waste from decay
diatoms · radula · scraper · phytoplankton · omnivore · benthic
Single-shelled soft creature
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- ramshornSpiral-shelled pond snail
slow
Lacking in speed
foot · floating · climbing · unhurried · steady · deliberate
freshwater
Non-saline aquatic environment
waterlily · reeds · sediment · duckweed · mud · shallows · vegetation · substrate · oxygenation · lake
shell
Hard outer covering
operculum · mantle · antennae · slime · mucus · hermaphrodite · gill · lung · aperture
spiral
Curve winding around center
sinistral · aperture · spire · apex · conical · translucent · fragile · amber · globular · elongated
grazer
Herbivore eating low vegetation
detritus · diatoms · radula · scraper · phytoplankton · omnivore · benthic
gastropod
Single-shelled soft creature
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- ramshornSpiral-shelled pond snail
pond snailsea snail
Saltwater gastropod mollusk
marine snail · land snail · periwinkle · whelk · conch