Snail Glossary (Gastropoda)

A

Acid in sea slugs

Aegopinella, Reddish (Aegopinella nitidula)

Aegopinella, Wide mouthed (Aegopinella nitens)

Aestivation

Agate snails (Achatinidae)

Alinda biplicata, door snail

Algiers snail (Zonites algirus)

Amber snails (Succineidae)

Arianta stenzii

Arion slugs, Invasion of the

B

Bubble shells (Bullidae)

Bulgarica cana, door snail

Banded snails (Cepaea)

Bithynias (Bithyniidae)

Bioluminescence in Nudibranchs

Bladder snails (Physidae)

Brown garden snail (Cornu aspersum)

Bulin snails (Enidae)

Bulin, Mountain (Ena montana)

Bulin, Three toothed (Chondrula tridens)

Bulin, Lesser (Merdigera obscura)

Bush snails (Bradybaenidae)

C

Camouflage

Carabids as snail eaters

Carnivorous snails

Cartusian snail (Monacha cartusiana)

Cave snail (Oxychilus cellarius)

Cave snail (Zospeum)

Cellar snail (Oxychilus cellarius)

Cheese snails (Helicodontidae)

Ciliate snail (Ciliella ciliata)

Clausilia rugosa, door snail

Clausilia dubia, door snail

Cleptoplasty in sea slugs

Cochlodina laminata, door snail

Cochlodina orthostoma, door snail

Cochlostomas (Cochlostomatidae)

Cone shells (Conidae)

Cone shells, Venom

Copse snail (Arianta arbustorum)

Copse snail, Alpine (A. arbustorum alpicola)

Cornu aspersum (Brown garden snail): Systematics

Corsican snail (Tyrrhenaria ceratina)

Chrysalis snail (Lauria cylindracea)

D

Danube nerite (Theodoxus danubialis)

Dalmatian predator snail (Poiretia cornea)

Discus snails (Patulidae)

Distome, Lesser liver fluke

Door snail, Clausilia rugosa

Door snail, Clausilia dubia

Door snail, Cochlodina orthostoma

Door snail, Common (Alinda biplicata)

Door snail, Grey (Bulgarica cana)

Door snail, Laciniaria plicata

Door snail, Italian (Papillifera bidens)

Door snail, Macrogastra attenuata

Door snail, Macrogastra plicatula

Door Snail, Pale (Cochlodina fimbriata)

Door snail, Plaited (Cochlodina laminata)

Door snails (Clausiliidae)

Door snail, Ventricose (Macrogastra ventricosa)

Dot snails (Punctidae)

E

Enemies of terrestrial snails

F

Fasciola hepatica, Larger liver fluke

Food for snails

Fresh water limpets

Fresh water snails

Fountain snails (Bythiospeum)

G

Garden slug, Three Band (Lehmannia valentiana)

Garden snail, Mediterranean (Cernuella virgata)

Garden, Snails in the

Garlic snail (Oxychilus alliarius)

Genetics, Banded snails

Genetics, Shell coiling

Gills (Fresh water snails)

Gill withdrawal reflex (in Aplysia)

Girdled snail (Hygromia cinctella)

Glass snail, Dark bodied (Oxychilus draparnaudi)

Glass snail, Swiss (Oxychilus navarricus)

Glass snails (Vitrinidae)

Glass snails, True (Zonitidae etc.)

Gloss snail, Black (Zonitoides nitidus)

Gloss snail, Quick (Zonitoides arboreus)

Grass snails (Valloniidae)

Green sea slugs

Green snail (Cantareus apertus)

Ground snails (Ferussaciidae)

Grunting snail (Cantareus apertus)

H

Hair snail, Common (Trochulus hispidus)

Hair snail, Furry (Trochulus villosus)

Hair snail, Toothless (Petasina edentula)

Heath snails (Helicella, Xerolenta, Cernuella)

Helicid snails (Helicidae)

Helicid snails, Mediterranean species

Hibernation

Hive Snails (Euconulidae)

Hooded nudibranch (Melibe leonina)

I

Incarnate snail (Monachoides incarnatus)

Ink (in sea hares, Aplysia)

J

K

Keel back slug, Black (Limax cinereoniger)

Keel back slugs (Limacidae)

Kentish snail (Monacha cantiana)

L

Laciniaria plicata, door snail

Lake limpet (Acroloxus lacustris)

Leaf snail, Large (Euomphalia strigella)

Leaf snails (Hygromiidae)

Leopard slug (Limax maximus)

Limpet, Lake (Acroloxus lacustris)

Limpet, River (Ancylus fluviatilis)

Limpets, Fresh water

Limpets (Patellidae)

Liver fluke, Larger (Fasciola hepatica)

Liver fluke, Lesser (Dicrocoelium lanceolatum)

Locomotion of snails

Love dart

Lung (Fresh water snails)

M

Macrogastra attenuata, door snail

Macrogastra plicatula, door snail

Macrogastra ventricosa, door snail

Mask snail (Isognomostoma isognomostomos)

Mating game (Roman snail)

Mating (Leopard slug)

Milk snails (Otala)

Moss snail (Pupilla muscorum)

Mud snail, Acute (Viviparus contectus)

Mud snail, New Zealand

Mud snail, Wadden Sea (Peringia ulvae)

N

Needle Snails (Aciculidae)

Nerite, River (Theodoxus fluviatilis)

Nerites (Neritidae)

Nerite, Striped (Theodoxus transversalis)

Neural system of snails

Nudibranch (Nudibranchia)

Nutrition of snails

O

P

Parasitic castration (Roman snail)

Parasitism

Pillar snail, Glossy (Cochlicopa lubrica)

Podolic snail (Helix lutescens)

Poiretia cornea (Dalmatian predator snail)

Poison in sea hares (Aplysia)

Poison in side gill slugs ('Notaspidea')

Pond snails (Lymnaeidae)

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Q

Quimper Snail (Elona quimperiana)

R

Ram's horn snail (Planorbarius corneus)

Ram's horn snail, American (Planorbella duryi)

Ram's horn snail, Keeled (Planorbis carinatus)

Ram's horn snail, Little whirlpool (Anisus vorticulus)

Reproduction (Roman snail)

Rhinophores (in sea slugs)

River limpet (Ancylus fluviatilis)

Rock snail, Illyrian (Chilostoma illyrica)

Roman snail (Central European)

Round mouthed snail (Pomatias elegans)

S

Sand hill snail (Theba pisana)

Sap-sucking sea slugs (Sacoglossa)

Scalariform shell (Teratology)

Sea angel (Clione limacina)

Sea butterfly (Limacina helicina)

Sea hare (Aplysia)

Sea shells

Sea slugs

Sea slugs, solar powered

Shadow snail (Urticicola umbrosus)

Shell (Roman snail)

Shell (In General)

Shell lid (Hibernation)

Shell lid (Operculum)

Shell slugs (Testacellidae)

Sicilian snail (Cornu mazzullii)

Sickle mouth snail (Drepanostoma nautiliforme)

Side-gill slugs ('Notaspidea')

Slugs

Snail king

Snail farm, general

Snail farming, history

Song thrush and banded snail

Spring snails (Amnicolidae)

T

Tentacles of snails

Terrestrial snails

Tetrodoxin in sea slugs

Thermal spring snails
- Nerite (Theodoxus prevostianus)
- Pitch snail (Esperiana daudebartii)

Thorn snail, Herald (Carychium minimum)

Torsion (Coiled snail shell)

Tree snails, Pacific (Partula)

True glass snails (Zonitidae)

Turkish snail (Helix lucorum)

U

Umbrella shell (Umbraculum umbraculum)

V

Valve snails (Valvatidae)

W

Whelk, Common (Buccinum undatum)

Whorl snail, Desmoulins' (Vertigo moulinsiana)

Wolf snail, Rosy (Euglandina rosea)

X

Y

Z

Zebra snail (Zebrina detrita)

Zooxanthelles in sea slugs

 

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