Friday, May 30, 2014

Sea Snail

Sea Snail

Common Name: Snail
Description: Very small
Skeleton- exoskeleton
Symmetry- bilateral
Features- Shell, shell has become two hinged plates

Taxonomy:
Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Mollusca
Class- Gastropoda
Order- Pulmonata
Genus- Truncatella
Family- Juliidae  


Ecology- Inhabit rivers, ponds, and oceans. They live on and around deep sea mussels. The snail eats detritus and bacteria.

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