land snail
Americannoun
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any gastropod of the widely distributed order Stylommatophora, containing usually small, brown or mottled hermaphroditic snails: some more colorful species, introduced into North America, are agricultural pests.
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any terrestrial snail.
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Florida agriculture officials are quarantining a section of Broward County to try to wipe out the giant African land snail, an invasive species that threatens the state’s agriculture and can cause meningitis.
From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2023
Not a land snail or one of the sea creatures whose hard protective layer can be found washed up on shores.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022
“I’m happy to say there’s still only one place on Earth where the giant African land snail has been eradicated,” Smith said, “and now we’ve done it twice.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2021
"The workers found an unmarked box containing a giant African land snail amongst the boxes ready to be distributed for delivery across the country," he explained.
From Fox News • Aug. 22, 2021
Explain.How many tentacles has a pond snail? a land snail?
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Lucas, Frederic
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