Dome Snails
Ventridens
Mollusca
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 1-3 yrs
- Size
- Tiny
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Uncommon
About
Dome Snails, or Ventridens, are air-breathing land snails that can live in dry, sunny environments. They have large, dome-shaped shells that they use to protect themselves from predators.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult shell size or body length.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Gastrodontidae
- Genus
- Ventridens