snail

     

The wor snail is a common name that is used for almost all members of the molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells in the adult stage. (Those snails which do not have a shell or only a very small shell are usually called slugs.)

Trivia about snail

  • The Oahu tree one of these gastropods is quickly, not slowly, disappearing
  • Taking the 'go" out of escargot, this mollusk is said to be able to lie dormant for months at a time
  • Your average garden variety of this creature moves at about .03 miles per hour
  • Gastropod known for its pace(5)
  • These gastropods are sometimes fed aromatic herbs to give them a special savor
  • When this gastropod in a shell rode on the turtle's back, it said, "Whee!"
  • Mimic this gastropod's "pace" when walking to school & you may get there by sixth period
  • Like an escargot, the abalone is an edible one of these gastropods
  • If you had only 1 foot & moved by contracting it, you'd also go at this gastropod's pace
  • Of an oyster, a cockle or a snail, the one that sports a univalve shell
  • The Phoenicians used a liquid from several species of this gastropod to make Tyrian purple dye
  • 1 coiled shell, 1 foot