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Land Snails

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name         Donna M.
status       educator
age          40s

Question -   Do land snails abandon their shells and move into new
ones, in a similar fashion to hermit crabs?
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No, snail shells coil so that it is easy to make the living space larger by
adding material to the opening.

Richard E. Barrans Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Director
PG Research Foundation, Darien, Illinois
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