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1. What are the most common snails?
2. What are the 6 molluscs?
3. What are the 3 types of snails?
4. Is a snail a slug?
5. What kind of snail is in my garden?
6. What do you call a snail without a shell?
7. Does snail have blood?
8. Can snails fly?
9. Is Snail a mollusc?
10. Are octopus molluscs?

What are the most common snails?

Cryptomphalus aspersus), known by the common name garden snail, is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, which includes some of the most familiar land snails. Of all terrestrial molluscs, this species may well be the most widely known.

What are the 6 molluscs?

Class Gastropoda – snails, slugs, limpets, whelks, conchs, periwinkles, etc. Class Bivalvia – clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, cockles, shipworms, etc. The Class Scaphopoda contains about 400 species of molluscs called tooth or tusk shells, all of which are marine.

What are the 3 types of snails?

They have about 43,000 species categorized into land snails, sea snails, and freshwater snails. Depending on their habitat and species, snails can survive about one to three years or even up to 25 years. Most snails are hermaphrodites, which means they can be both a female and a male.

Is a snail a slug?

Snails and slugs are similar animals. The main difference between them is that a snail has a shell and a slug does not. Snails and slugs belong to the group of soft-bodied animals called mollusks, which also includes oysters, clams, and squid. ... Slugs have straight bodies.

What kind of snail is in my garden?

What is the Common Garden Snail? Chances are, if you have snails in your garden, they're the common garden snail, also called the brown garden snail. The scientific name is Helix aspersa. The common garden snail can be identified by its brown rounded shell and grey body.

What do you call a snail without a shell?

The simplest description is that slugs are snails without shells.

Does snail have blood?

Snails, spiders and octopi have something in common- they all have blue blood! ... Unlike mammals, snails, spiders and octopi do not use hemoglobin to transport oxygen but rely on a related compound known as hemocyanin.

Can snails fly?

Some marine snails soar through the water by flapping their squidgy appendages to and fro, similar to butterfly wings — now, scientists have discovered that the shape of the snails' shells also helps them zip through the sea. ... The streamlined snails slip through water similar to how an airplane wing carves through air.

Is Snail a mollusc?

Molluscs have more varied forms than any other animal phylum. They include snails, slugs and other gastropods; clams and other bivalves; squids and other cephalopods; and other lesser-known but similarly distinctive subgroups.

Are octopus molluscs?

octopus, plural octopuses or octopi, in general, any eight-armed cephalopod (octopod) mollusk of the order Octopoda. The true octopuses are members of the genus Octopus, a large group of widely distributed shallow-water cephalopods. (See cephalopod.)