Stats

Lifespan: 2-5 years
Size: Small
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Subtropical forest
Range: North America
Movement: Climbing
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Armor
Status: G2g3

About

This land snail lives among the branches of trees in humid forest habitats. It survives long dry spells by sealing its shell to bark with a dried mucus plug.

Life cycle

1.
juvenile
A juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
2.
adult
Fully grown at adult shell size or body length.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Antidrymaeus
Species: Antidrymaeus dormani