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Do snails always live in shells?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 10/8/2023

Yes, snails live in shells. The shells serve to protect their inhabitants from environmental stress, natural enemies, and severe weather. They also will keep calcium and moisture levels satisfactory since a well-hydrated snail is a happy gastropod.

Wiki User

∙ 10y ago

What else can I help you with?

Do snails live with out there shells?

The snails shell is part of its body

Why do live snails gather around crushed snails?

the protein from the other snails shells

What is home of snail called?

Snails live in their shells.

How are the snails and slugs different from each other?

snails have shells slugs don't it is obvious

How does a water snail live?

There are snails who live in freshwater and snails that live in saltwater. Snails grow their shells as they grow to house them and provide protection. For added protection they will sometimes bury themselves or slip into small cracks and crevices to hide.

How long does it take fora snil to build a new shell?

Snails dont rebuild their shells. I used to think that slugs were just snails without shells, but without their shells, snails die. Their bodies are sort of connected to the shells.

How do snails get their shells?

They grow them.

What did snails evolve from?

shells.

Do snails eat their shells?

How are snails recognized?

Their shells?

Are snails invertibrates?

Yes, snails have really hard shells.

What do snails have but slugs don't have?

Snails have shells and slugs don't.