FUN FACTS 

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  • The Mystery Snail can seal their shell entrance.
  • Some snails have a breathing siphon.
  • Snails have legs and gills.
  • The shell becomes harder and thicker as it grows.
  • The shell protects the snail from predators.
  • A snail is right handed if snail coils to the right. The snail is left handed if snail coils to the left. 
  • There is about 4,000 different types of freshwater gastropods.
  • The word gastropods means belly-foot.
  • Several freshwater snails are used in Asian cuisine.
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Adding material to shell
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Snail is right handed.