These snails can also have very colorful shells, which are often disguised as rocks to deter predators. Freshwater snails are a large group of snails that live in ponds, lakes, and rivers.

The candy cane snail (Liguus virgineus) is possibly the most colorful gastropod in the world. Sporting a white, conical shell decorated with distinctive rainbow-colored stripes, the charismatic ...

The colorful, jewel-like snails were once so ... almost like they're sporting a plaid shirt. One snail has a shell like a miniature cinnamon roll. Some are almost iridescent, glowing with golds ...

P. augusta is also called the Mount Augustus snail, named after the only known habitat on New Zealand’s South Island where they were once natively found. About 20 years ago, a coal mining operation in ...

You can see hundreds of these small snails eating on one rock during ... These thin iridescent shells come in many color – black, white, yellow and orange. They’re named after the jingle ...

A cone snail has a cone-shaped shell, a fleshy foot, a head, and tentacles. Cone snails live in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, the Caribbean and Red Seas, and along the coast of Florida.

We turned it over to be weighed and saw the egg just starting to emerge from the snail." Conservation department scientist Kath Walker said hard shells made it difficult to mate—so some snails ...