A variety of snails or gastropods (previously known as univalves and Gasteropoda).
A variety of snails or gastropods (previously known as univalves and Gasteropoda). The class gastropoda contains over 60,000 species of land and sea snails. Includes Succinea (1-3), marine amphibious Melampus (4-7), Carychium (8), cellar slugs Limax (9-12), Testacella (13-14), Vitrina (15-16) and Zonites (17-29). Hand-colored copperplate engraving from George Sowerby's "Illustrated Index of British Shells" 1859.
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