Two snails
meet, members of the molluscan class Gastropoda, they both have coiled
shells in their adult stage. The largest living species of sea snail is
Syrinx aruanus which has a shell that can measure up to 90 cm (35 in) in
length, and the whole animal with the shell can weigh up to 18 kg (40
lb).
Oil painting copyright (c) Trevi Bennett
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