Drymaeus multilineatus (lined tree snail) (Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) 1 (25662097415)

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Description: Drymaeus multilineatus (Say, 1825) - lined tree snail in Florida, USA. (December 2013) The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores. The live snail shown above is a lined tree snail, Drymaeus multilineatus, which is native to Florida. This species is a pulmonate - a land snail capable of breathing air. Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Bulimulidae Locality: Sanibel Inn grounds, near the southern shoreline of Sanibel Island, southwestern Florida, USA More info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drymaeus_multilineatus. Date: 15 December 2013, 14:08. Source: Drymaeus multilineatus (lined tree snail) (Sanibel Island, Florida, USA) 1. Author: James St. John.