Snail information
Diet, habitat, lifespan, size and speed for the Snail, from the Animalsss field guide — with market prices, listings and guides as they arrive.
About Snail
A snail is a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name snail is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have a coiled shell that is large enough for the animal to retract completely into. When the word "snail" is used in this most general sense, it includes not just land snails but also numerous species of sea snails and freshwater snails. Gastropods that naturally lack a shell, or have only an internal shell, are mostly called slugs, and land snails that have only a very small shell are sometimes called semi-slugs.
Snail facts & figures
Quick facts
- Scientific name
- Helix pomatia
- Diet
- Herbivore (grazer)
- Habitat
- Gardens, forests & ponds
- A group is called
- Walk
Conservation status
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF
Classification
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Mollusca
- Class Gastropoda
- Order Stylommatophora
- Family Helicidae
- Genus Helix
- Species Helix pomatia
Source: GBIF
Specs
Typical adult range
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What is the scientific name of the Snail?
Helix pomatia. In the GBIF backbone taxonomy it sits in Class Gastropoda, Order Stylommatophora, Family Helicidae.
Is the Snail endangered?
The IUCN Red List category recorded for Helix pomatia is Least Concern (LC), read from the Red List category GBIF publishes for that taxon.
How long does a Snail live?
2 to 7 years, from the field-guide figures shown on this page.
What does a Snail eat?
Herbivore (grazer). Its usual habitat is gardens, forests & ponds.
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