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.
The snails shell is part of its body
the protein from the other snails shells
Snails live in their shells.
snails have shells slugs don't it is obvious
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.
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.
They grow them.
shells.
no
Their shells?
Yes, snails have really hard shells.
Snails have shells and slugs don't.