In 1851, he started to collect and study Hawaiian land snails.
For reasons known only to herself my daughter keeps giant African land snails as pets.
It is the largest species of land snail to be found in Australia.
These land snails descend to the ground only at night.
The fact is, those land snails really do look like that.
In some countries, giant African land snails are produced commercially for food.
In particular, his studies have concerned land snails and beetles.
When it comes to courting, an African land snail is likely to think big.
Both of these land snails are European in their native range.
Recently, African land snails have been known to be edible.