chiocciola

Also known as snails

mollusco

AI overview

A snail is a slow-moving mollusk that lives in a hard, spiral shell it carries on its back for protection. Snails are found in diverse environments around the world and play important roles in their ecosystems as both herbivores and prey for other animals.

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Research

36,451 papers

Snail-borne parasitic diseases: an update on global epidemiological distribution, transmission interruption and control methods.ReviewInfectious diseases of poverty · 2018Lu XT, Gu QY, Limpanont Y et al.DOI: 10.1186/s40249-018-0414-7
Schistosomiasis from a Snail's Perspective: Advances in Snail Immunity.ReviewTrends in parasitology · 2017Pila EA, Li H, Hambrook JR et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.07.006
Differentiating snail intermediate hosts of Schistosoma spp. using molecular approaches: fundamental to successful integrated control mechanism in Africa.ReviewInfectious diseases of poverty · 2018Abe EM, Guan W, Guo YH et al.DOI: 10.1186/s40249-018-0401-z
Snail-trematode life history interactions: past trends and future directions.ReviewParasitology · 2001Sorensen RE, Minchella DJDOI: 10.1017/s0031182001007843
[Application of drones in Oncomelania hupensis snail control with molluscicides].ReviewZhongguo xue xi chong bing fang zhi za zhi = Chinese journal of schistosomiasis control · 2024Huang YDOI: 10.16250/j.32.1915.2024188
Microbial diversity of garden snail mucus.MicrobiologyOpen · 2022Belouhova M, Daskalova E, Yotinov I et al.DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1263
Devastation of island biodiversity: a land snail perspective.ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026Cowie RH, Bouchet P, Fontaine BDOI: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0425
Novel insights into the glucose metabolic alterations of freshwater snails: a pathway to molluscicide innovation and snail control strategies.ReviewParasitology research · 2024Zheng T, Liu JH, Zhu TY et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00436-024-08274-2

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: Gastropoda
Has part: mollusc shell
Image: Snail.jpg

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on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Unicode character: 🐌
Commons category: Snails
topic's main category: Category:Snails
different from: slug
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
taxon known by this common name: Gastropoda

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Article · Italiano

Chiocciola è un termine di uso comune che può riferirsi a varie specie di molluschi gasteropodi appartenenti all'ordine Stylommatophora, tutte caratterizzate dalla presenza di una conchiglia. Il termine viene talora impropriamente considerato come sinonimo di lumaca, termine che andrebbe utilizzato solo per i gasteropodi sprovvisti di conchiglia. Arianta arbustorum La specie mediterranea più comune è Cornu aspersum. Un primato per questi gasteropodi è detenuto da Achatina achatina, una specie molto grande che raggiunge i 20 cm di lunghezza.

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