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What are snails exoskeleton?

a snails has an exoskeleton known as a shell. The shell grows with the snail as it ages.


Are mollusk shells considered exoskeletons?

yes


Why do snails not need a skeleton?

Snails have shells. Technically, a shell is considered to be a type of external skeleton, or exoskeleton.


Do snails have endoskeleton?

Snails have both exoskeleton and endoskeleton. The shell is the exoskeleton. And the remaining part is endoskeleton.


Do snails have skeletal system?

Snails have shells, and a shell is a type of skeleton (an exoskeleton).


Do snails have bones and what do they have?

Snails do not have bones but they do have a hard outer shell, like a clam, known as an exoskeleton.


What are characteristics of a mollusc's?

Molluscs are animals which have no backbone (invertebrates) and no exoskeleton. These include snails (they have an outer shell but it isn't an exoskeleton) slugs (no shell, no exoskeleton, no bones) octopuses (they have no bones. They aren't fish because all fish have bones.) Sea snails and periwinkles are just other types of snail.


Is a snail an invertabrae?

Yes. Snails do not have a vertebral colum or spine. They have an exoskeleton in the form of their shell.


Are snails and butterflies vertebrates animals?

Snails have a shell, but no spine. Butterflies have an exoskeleton, but no spine. The defining characteristic for all vertebrates is a spine, so neither snails or butterflies are vertebrates.


Does a slug have a exoskeleton?

snails dont have any source of skeleton. they have jelly bodies the shell is not a skeleton, it has no nerves. they don't feel pain when there shell is broken.


Name an insect with an outer shell?

All insects have an outer shell called the exoskeleton.


Do lobsters have an exoskeleton?

yes it does