A snail is, in loose terms, 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. Learn more about Snail
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Bat Volute (7 videos) | Cymbiola vespertilio | Not Available |
Brown Gardensnail (15 videos) | Helix aspersa | Not Available |
Brown Spot (603 videos) | Punctum blandianum | Not Available |
Caltrop Murex (1 videos) | Murex tribulus | Not Available |
Clear Sundial (1 videos) | Architectonica perspectiva | Not Available |
Cone Snail (11 videos) | Conus allaryi | Vulnerable |
Escargot (6 videos) | Helix pomatia | Not Available |
Flamingo Tongue Snail (11 videos) | Cyphoma gibbosum | Not Available |
Giant African Land Snail (19 videos) | Achatina fulica | Not Available |
Giant Triton (36 videos) | Cymatium parthenopeum | Not Available |
Giant Tun (5 videos) | Tonna galea | Not Available |
Great Coral Worm Snail (3 videos) | Dendropoma maximum | Not Available |
Hairy Helicellid (10 videos) | Trichia hispida | Not Available |
Horned Helmet (9 videos) | Cassis cornuta | Not Available |
Japanese False Cerith (12 videos) | Batillaria attramentaria | Not Available |
King Helmet (3 videos) | Cassis tuberosa | Not Available |
Orange-spotted Glassy-bubble Snail (1 videos) | Haminoea cymbalum | Not Available |
Orange-spotted Mitre (29 videos) | Mitra mitra | Not Available |
Partridge Tun (2 videos) | Tonna perdix | Not Available |
Pink Lady (19 videos) | Charonia lampas | Not Available |
Purple Dwarf Olive (19 videos) | Olivella biplicata | Not Available |
Purple-ring Topsnail (7 videos) | Calliostoma annulatum | Not Available |
Ramose Murex (4 videos) | Chicoreus ramosus | Not Available |
Red-lined Bubble Snail (10 videos) | Bullina lineata | Not Available |
Shark Eye (0 videos) | Neverita duplicata | Not Available |
Small Spot (1 videos) | Punctum minutissimum | Not Available |
Spot (9694 videos) | Leiostomus xanthurus | Not Available |
Tapestry Turban (2 videos) | Turbo petholatus | Not Available |
Textile Cone Snail (2 videos) | Conus textile | Least concern |
Turban Snail (9 videos) | Megastraea undosa | Not Available |
White-lip Gardensnail (3 videos) | Cepaea hortensis | Not Available |