Garden Snail
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Garden Snail
cornu aspersum
The Garden Snail is a slow-moving creature with a spiral shell that can be found in many gardens. They love to munch on leaves and flowers, making them an important part of the garden ecosystem!
Hábitat: Gardens, parks, and moist areas with plenty of vegetation.
Aspecto
The Garden Snail has a distinctive globular, coiled shell, typically brownish-yellow with darker, broken spiral bands. Its soft, grey-brown body emerges with two pairs of retractable tentacles; the longer upper pair bears its eyes at the tips.
ReinoAnimaliaFiloMolluscaClaseGastropodaOrdenStylommatophoraFamiliaHelicidaeGéneroCornu
Categoría
InvertebrateRareza
Common
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Datos interesantes
A snail's 'tongue,' or radula, has thousands of tiny teeth for grating food.
Garden Snails are hermaphrodites, meaning each snail has both male and female reproductive organs!
They breathe through a tiny pore on their side, not through their mouth or nose!
They can repair their own shell if it gets damaged, growing new calcium to fix it.
Habilidades especiales
Habilidad
Slime Trail Navigator
Garden Snail can glide smoothly on a self-produced sticky mucus trail, allowing it to move over rough surfaces without injury.
Habilidad
Shell Fortress
Garden Snail can quickly pull its entire soft body into its sturdy, spiral shell for protection from predators or dryness.
Habilidad
Drought Sleeper
Garden Snail can seal its shell opening with a hardened mucus film to survive long periods of drought or extreme heat.
Medidas y detalles
- Body Length Cm
- 3-5
- Shell Diameter Cm
- 2.5-4
- Weight G
- 5-20
- Lifespan Years
- 2-5
Dieta y alimentación
They are plant-eaters, feasting on leaves, fruits, and decaying matter found in gardens.
Alimentos principales
- Leaves
- Flowers
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Algae
- Decaying plant matter
Método de búsqueda
- Grazing
Conexiones ecológicas
eaten by
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos
Song Thrushes crack snail shells on stones to eat them.
eaten by
European Hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus
Hedgehogs are important predators that eat many garden snails.
eats
Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Garden snails commonly feed on lettuce leaves in gardens.
eaten by
Violet Ground Beetle
Carabus violaceus
Some ground beetles, like this one, prey on snails.
Rasgos
Solitario
Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.
Colorido
Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.
Herbívoro
Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.
Descomponedor
Describe a los organismos que descomponen la materia orgánica muerta, reciclando los nutrientes de vuelta al ecosistema.
Diurno
Los animales diurnos están activos principalmente durante el día y suelen descansar o dormir por la noche.
También conocido como
Brown Garden SnailCommon SnailEuropean Garden Snail
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Seguridad
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Preguntas frecuentes
¿Cuál es el body Length Cm de Garden Snail?
3-5
¿Cuál es el shell Diameter Cm de Garden Snail?
2.5-4
¿Cuánto pesa Garden Snail?
5-20
¿Cuánto vive Garden Snail?
2-5
¿Qué come Garden Snail?
They are plant-eaters, feasting on leaves, fruits, and decaying matter found in gardens.
¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Garden Snail?
Gardens, parks, and moist areas with plenty of vegetation.
¿Cómo caza Garden Snail?
Grazing
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