25 The Court first used the phrase critical stage in connection with the right to counsel in Parkerv. Illinois, 333 U.S. 571, 575 (1948), and first specified that counsel must be provided to a defendant ata critical stage of a criminal prosecution in Hamilton v. Alabama, 368 U.S. 52, 54-55 (1961).
01 December 1978. The largest known land gastropod is the African giant snail Achatina achatina, the largest recorded specimen of which measured 39.3 cm (15.5 in) from snout to tail when fully extended, with a shell length of 27.3 cm (10.75 in) in December 1978. It weighed exactly 900 g (2 lb).
Evolution: The banana slug is a mollusk, which came from the sea. Their stages of evolution can be seen in other various species of land and sea mollusks. Therefore, slugs are believed to have evolved from marine snails and to have once been protected by a large shell (Harper 1988).he banana slug is the second largest slug in the world, growing up to 10 inches in length. On average they range between 6-8 inches, with a life span of 1-7 years (Harper 1988). Their coloring is sometimes bright yellow, occasionally with black spots, or solid greenish.