Other Free Encyclopedias :: Animal Life Resource :: Mollusks, Crustaceans, Segmented Worms

Snails Sea Slugs and Limpets: Gastropoda - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, Gastropods And People, No Common Name (corolla Spectabilis): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, CONSERVATION STATUS

NO COMMON NAME (Corolla spectabilis): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
ROMAN SNAIL (Helix pomatia): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
SHIELD LIMPET (Lottia pelta): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
TOP SHELL (Trochus niloticus): SPECIES ACCOUNTS
GEOGRAPHY CONE SHELL (Conus geographus): SPECIES ACCOUNTS

GEOGRAPHIC RANGE

Gastropods are found on all continents and in all oceans.


HABITAT

Gastropods live in a wide variety of habitats in the ocean, on land, and in bodies of fresh water.


DIET

Gastropods eat many kinds of foods. Some species filter out bits of plants, animals, and other organisms floating in the water. Many scrape algae (AL-jee) or crustlike animals off rocks in tide pools and elsewhere on the ocean bottom. Others prey on all kinds of freshwater or marine animals. Most species living on land eat both living and dead plants. Some land snails prey on earthworms or other snails.


CONSERVATION STATUS

One thousand one hundred eighty-two (1,182) species of gastropods are listed by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as threatened or endangered.

Snails Sea Slugs and Limpets: Gastropoda - Physical Characteristics

Snails Sea Slugs and Limpets: Gastropoda - Behavior And Reproduction

Snails Sea Slugs and Limpets: Gastropoda - Gastropods And People

Snails Sea Slugs and Limpets: Gastropoda - No Common Name (corolla Spectabilis): Species Accounts

Snails Sea Slugs and Limpets: Gastropoda - Roman Snail (helix Pomatia): Species Accounts

Snails Sea Slugs and Limpets: Gastropoda - Shield Limpet (lottia Pelta): Species Accounts

Snails Sea Slugs and Limpets: Gastropoda - Top Shell (trochus Niloticus): Species Accounts

Snails Sea Slugs and Limpets: Gastropoda - Geography Cone Shell (conus Geographus): Species Accounts

User Comments Add a comment…

Bivalves: Bivalvia - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, Bivalves And People, Conservation Status, Black-lipped Pearl Oyster (pinctada Margaritifera): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET [next] [back] Chitons: Polyplacophora - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, Gumboot Chiton (cryptochiton Stelleri): Species Accounts, Veiled Chiton (placiphorella Velata): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, CHITONS AND PEOPLE, CONSERVA