Naesiotus  Naesiotus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bulimulidae. Species within the genus "Naesiotus" include:  Distribution of the genus "Naesiotus" include Ecuador, Colombia, Dominica (1 species), Peru, ... People are sometimes consuming them raw, but consumption of raw snails is not recommended because snails can be vector of number of parasites.