Helix Aspersa (Var. Scalaris)

Description

"The snails are male and female in the same individual, or hermaphrodite. The Romans had many species served up at their feasts, which they distinguished in categories according to the delicacy of their flesh."

Keywords

cephalous mollusca, Mollis, sea shell, sea-hares, snail slug

Galleries

Snails and Slugs

Source:

Hazlitt Alva Cuppy PH.D., Editor Beauties and Wonders of Land and Sea (Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1895)

Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman