land snail

collocation in English

meaningsoflandandsnail

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land
noun
uk
/lænd/us
/lænd/
the surface of the earth that is not covered ...
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snail
noun[C]
uk
/sneɪl/us
/sneɪl/
a small creature with a soft, wet body and a round shell, that moves very slowly and often eats ...
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(Definition oflandandsnailfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Climatic warming due to thermal-radiation from an urban area as possible cause for the local extinction of alandsnail.
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Long-term effects of riparian clear-cutting - richerlandsnailcommunities in regenerating forests.
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Predator, feeding on terrestrial molluscs - mainlylandsnail.
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Thislandsnailis now extinct.
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Limestone forests are rich inlandsnaildiversity, with many species restricted to small areas.
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The survival of thislandsnailspecies is critically endangered.
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This is not a truelandsnail, but it is also not a true sea snail.
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There is a variety of endemiclandsnailinhabiting this mountain range.
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Landsnailshells range from microscopic to large.
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He was one of the most renownlandsnailexperts of his time and had earned a reputation for his comprehensive revisions of mainly terrestrial pulmonates.
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This is a type of gastropod that is intermediate between a slug (without an external shell) and alandsnail(with a large enough shell to retract completely into).
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If so, how do flightess moths and land snails, and more especially house mice, which have been found even on the highest peaks, survive in it?
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Riddle (1983) mentioned that the slugs and some land snails occupy fairly protected habitats in which daily and seasonal extremes in air temperature are largely avoided.
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To seal the opening to their shell to prevent water loss, pulmonate land snails secrete a membrane of dried mucus called an epiphragm.
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In other words: this list includes land snails and slugs, and freshwater and brackish water snails.
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Most land snails are only active when the humidity is high such as after rain and at night, and become inactive during dry weather.
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Prosobranchia was a large taxonomic subclass of sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails.
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Prior to reproduction, most pulmonate land snails perform courtship behaviors before mating.
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Many of these operculate land snails live in habitats or microhabitats that are sometimes (or often) damp or wet, such as for example in moss.
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In other words this list includes the land snails and slugs, the freshwater snails and the freshwater clams and mussels.
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