tree snail

tree snail
any tree- or bush-living gastropod of the family Bulimulidae, inhabiting tropical and temperate regions and characterized by brightly colored shells with distinct central whorls.

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  • banded Florida tree snail — a tree dwelling snail, Liguus fasciatus, of Florida and nearby keys, having a long, conical shell in many color variations: now greatly reduced in numbers. Also called lig snail. * * * …   Universalium

  • banded Florida tree snail — a tree dwelling snail, Liguus fasciatus, of Florida and nearby keys, having a long, conical shell in many color variations: now greatly reduced in numbers. Also called lig snail …   Useful english dictionary

  • Emerald green snail — A shell of Papustyla pulcherrima Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • lig snail — /lig/. See banded Florida tree snail. * * * …   Universalium

  • lig snail — /lig/. See banded Florida tree snail …   Useful english dictionary

  • Apple snail — Apple Ap ple ([a^]p p l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel, [ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [ a]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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