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pneumostome on a gastropod is the breathing pore. It is part of the respiratory system.
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What is the hole on the side of a slug?
Its known to be how they breath, they do not breath through their mouths, they breath through the holes on their sides.
How does a snail breath?
Snails "breathe" through their skin and through an opening called the pneumostome visible on the right side of their bodies.
Do snails have lungs?
Yes, they have a very basic form of "lung"; this is no more than a moist cavity within the mantel into which air is drawn through the pneumostome (opening in its side). The oxygen is then absorb through a mucous membrane into the body.
How snails take in air water and food?
Snails and slugs are decomposers. That means that they eat greens, decaying leaves, and microorganisms. They only need a tiny bit of moisture to survive. Snails breathe through their skin. Also through an opening called the pneumostome, on the right side of their bodies.
How do snails breath?
Snails "breathe" through their skin and through an opening called the pneumostome visible on the right side of their bodies. Click the two links below that will help you out.
Do worms sweat?
Yes, amphibians do breath through their skin, because their lungs are too small and undeveloped, so they cannot provide the amphibians with all the oxygen needed.
How does a pond snail obtain oxygen?
pulmonates or land snail have a space in the body known as the mantle cavity this area has many blood vessels is well supplied with blood vessels and acts as the animal's lung. land snails have a lung that works almost exactly the same way that our lungs do. The lung can be opened to the outside via a hole called a pneumostome on the right side of the snails body. Opening it to inhale or exhale and closing it to keep from drying out. Oxygen enters into the snails body from the air within the mantle cavity. Carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood into the mantle cavity, to be released when it exhales. Water snails have gills through which they can breathe. I think they get it from there things on top of there head!!!!
What structure do snails use for feeding?
Most land snails eat plants and other vegetation. Snails eat mostly living plants as well as decaying plants. They also chew on fruits and young succulent plant barks. Snails also eat algae. A snail has something called radula in its mouth for grinding up its food. This radula is like a rough tongue, something like a file with rows of tiny teeth, which it uses to scrape off leaves and flowers to eat. Snails can also gnaw through limestone. They eat the little bits of chalk in the rock, which they need for their shells (calcium). Many people get upset and farmers get angry when snails eat their plants and crops. Snails can cause serious damage to crops.
