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:
“Listen, that’s the one that done it. The dusters. They started it anyways. Blowin’ like this year after year. Blowin’ the land away. Blowin’ the crops away. Blowin’ us away now.”
—Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)
“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)