Powelliphanta snails are some of the world's largest snails, roughly the size of a golf ball ... They have large, distinctive shells in a range of rich earth colors and swirling patterns.

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The next day, the Florida Department of Agriculture confirmed that giant African land snails, which are considered one of the most destructive snails on Earth ... The biggest snail they had ...

For more than 100,000 years, coastal communities have harvested abalone (genus Haliotis). These gastropods, which are found ...

What we manage to keep on Earth will be what the next generation ... Returning the native snails to the wild will be a big moment, but it's not about setting them free in nature.

These marine snails combine exceptional vision, protective shells, and acrobatic leaping to evade deadly predators. Snails with the largest eyes are keeping a lookout for predators, new research ...