MolluscaLes mollusques (Mollusca) sont un embranchement d'animaux lophotrochozoaires. Ce sont des animaux non segmentés, à symétrie bilatérale quelquefois altérée. Leur corps se compose généralement d'une tête, d'une masse viscérale, et d'un pied. La masse viscérale est recouverte en tout ou partie par un manteau, qui sécrète une coquille calcaire. Le système nerveux comprend un double collier périœsophagien. La cavité générale est plus ou moins réduite au péricarde et aux néphridies.
Escargot de merSea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the absence of a visible shell. Determining whether some gastropods should be called sea snails is not always easy. Some species that live in brackish water (such as certain neritids) can be listed as either freshwater snails or marine snails, and some species that live at or just above the high tide level (for example, species in the genus Truncatella) are sometimes considered to be sea snails and sometimes listed as land snails.
Coquille de gastéropodeDe nombreuses espèces de gastéropodes sont munies d'une coquille extérieure plus ou moins importante : atrophiée chez les limaces, voire internalisée, elle est assez grosse pour abriter l'animal entier chez les escargots par exemple ; elle constitue alors une protection contre les prédateurs et la sécheresse.
ConchConch (kɒŋk,_kɒntʃ) is a common name of a number of different medium-to-large-sized sea snails. Conch shells typically have a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal (in other words, the shell comes to a noticeable point at both ends). In North America, a conch is often identified as a queen conch, indigenous to the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Queen conches are valued for seafood and are also used as fish bait. In the United States, a rule has been proposed to list the queen conch's conservation status as threatened.
Land snailA land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. Land snail is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as slugs). However, it is not always easy to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less amphibious between land and fresh water, and others are relatively amphibious between land and salt water.
Helix aspersaL'escargot petit-gris (Helix aspersa) est une espèce de mollusques gastéropodes terrestres de la famille des Helicidae et du genre Helix. Coquille brun doré portant des bandes brunes interrompues de façon caractéristique. Sa taille est de 30-35 et 32-40 mm. Il vit dans les broussailles et les couverts légers en terrain ouvert et dans les dunes. Souvent dans les terrains cultivés. Région méditerranéenne, côte atlantique, et jusqu'en Hollande. Introduit depuis l'Antiquité en Grèce, dans les îles britanniques et en Europe centrale.
AbaloneAbalone (ˈæbəloʊni or ˌæbəˈloʊni; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) is a common name for any of a group of small to very large marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae. Other common names are ear shells, sea ears, and, rarely, muttonfish or muttonshells in parts of Australia, ormer in the UK, perlemoen in South Africa, and pāua in New Zealand. Abalones are marine snails. Their taxonomy puts them in the family Haliotidae, which contains only one genus, Haliotis, which once contained six subgenera.
Freshwater snailFreshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs to major rivers. The great majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions. Some groups of snails that live in freshwater respire using gills, whereas other groups need to reach the surface to breathe air. In addition, some are amphibious and have both gills and a lung (e.
EscargotLe terme escargot est un nom vernaculaire qui en français désigne des gastéropodes à coquille, généralement terrestres et appelés aussi des limaçons, ou colimaçons par opposition aux limaces. Ce sont tous des mollusques, quelle que soit leur taille (le plus petit escargot mesure à peine un millimètre de diamètre, tandis que le plus grand escargot mesure 20 cm) ou leur forme. 40 % des mollusques étant des escargots terrestres, certains escargots toutefois sont des espèces aquatiques, plutôt d'eau douce : Basommatophora tels les limnées ou les planorbes, souvent appelés « escargots nettoyeurs » par les amateurs d'aquariophilie.
Terrestrial animalTerrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g. cats, chickens, ants, spiders), as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water (e.g. fish, lobsters, octopuses), and amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats (e.g. frogs and newts). Some groups of insects are terrestrial, such as ants, butterflies, earwigs, cockroaches, grasshoppers and many others, while other groups are partially aquatic, such as mosquitoes and dragonflies, which pass their larval stages in water.
