TRENDING NOW. 1  Erin go bragh An expression of loyalty that means Ireland forever. 2  transom 'Over the transom'. 3  gyro Look it up.  wiretap 'To tap a telephone or telegram wire in order to get 1  information'. complicit 'She's beautiful...she's powerful...she's complicit'.
Snails and Slugs: Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda. The Class Gastropoda (in Phylum Mollusca) includes the groups pertaining to snails and slugs. The majority of gastropods have a single, usually spirally, coiled shell into which the body can be withdrawn. The shell of these creatures is often what is recovered in a fossil dig.
The term snail is a common name applied to any gastropod mollusk who can retract into his shell. Thousands of species of snails live on land, in freshwater streams and ponds, and in saltwater bodies.They inhabit a range of regions including arid deserts and frigid sea depths.nails' shells protect them from predators and the elements, and different snails have different adaptations, depending upon the regions they inhabit.