Madeiran land snail is a common name which has been given to several different species of terrestrial gastropods, air-breathing land snails:
- Geomitra moniziana
- Leiostyla abbreviata
- Leiostyla cassida
- Leiostyla corneocostata
- Leiostyla gibba
Famous quotes containing the words land and/or snail:
“When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer; for God thought, “If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt.””
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 13:17.
“The snail in his museum
wears his mother all day,
he hides his mysterious bottom
as if it were rotten fruit.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)