What is the taxonomy of a snail?

Class Gastropoda
The Class Gastropoda (in Phylum Mollusca) includes the groups pertaining to snails and slugs. The majority of gastropods have a single, usually spirally, coiled shell into which the body can be withdrawn.

What is Helix aspersa Muller?

Synonyms. Helix aspersa Müller, 1774. Cornu aspersum (syn. 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 phylum is Helix?

Mollusca
Helix/Phylum

What is the classification of a garden snail?

Gastropods
Euthyneura
Garden snail/Class

Is snail meat or fish?

Meat is a word, a noun, to describe the flesh of all animals. Seafood is meat, escargots, which are snails, are meat and pretty much everything reasonably dense or solid from a living creature would be described as meat. The short answer is ‘Meat’.

What is the purpose of a snail?

Slugs and snails are very important. They provide food for all sorts of mammals, birds, slow worms, earthworms, insects and they are part of the natural balance. Upset that balance by removing them and we can do a lot of harm. Thrushes in particular thrive on them!

What do you feed a Helix aspersa?

One of the species used in snail farming is Helix aspersa Muller. In order to accelerate their growth, farmers feed the snails with pumpkins as well as concentrated forage consisting of mix of flours to which calcium carbonate is added in order to supplement snails need for shell’s development.

Is Helix aspersa Edible?

Ours are common brown garden snails, Helix aspersa, also considered fine to eat. They were brought to this country, probably by the French, in the 1850s and are now a major pest in gardens everywhere. Make sure you hunt for snails in a garden free of pesticides.

Where does Helix snail live?

Distribution and habitat Individuals of Helix aspersa dwell in the lowlands of Great Britain, in the Mediterranean, in Western Europe, in North Africa including Egypt, in the Iberian Peninsula and the Middle East, including Turkey. However, these snails now dwell in several places where they are agricultural pests.

Can you tell how old a snail is?

you can kind of tell how old they are by if they mate or not, as a snail has to reach a certain age before they can do that, but that only tells you their minimum age, not really an exact one. if his shell is whitening that is another sign of an older snail.

Is the Cornu aspersum a member of the genus Helix?

The accepted name of the species was long considered to be Helix aspersa, a member of the genus Helix. However, in a number of publications since 1990, it has instead been placed in various genera previously considered as subgenera of Helix.

Is the Helix aspersa a male or female snail?

Like other gastropod mollusks, the Helix aspersa is hermaphrodite, since a single snail has male and female reproductive organs and therefore, can produce reproductive cells of both genders. However, they usually mate with another snail for fertilization; even tough self-fertilization is possible for this species.

What does a Helix aspersa snail do in a drought?

In hot or drought periods, Helix aspersa retracts in its shell and covers the opening with a layer of mucus called epiphragm, which helps to keep the moisture inside and avoid the attack of animals that can kill it, like some ants. After doing this, it enters a state of inactivity that compares to hibernation. But not all snails hibernate.

What kind of snail is Cornu aspersum maximum?

The most prominent example nowadays is the subspecies Cornu aspersum maximum (Taylor, 1883), originally described as a large shelled form from Algeria (but perhaps including similar forms from elsewhere). In the recent scientific literature the name has been applied both to large Algerian snails and to a large form found in snail farms.