Helix Aspersa (Var. Scalaris) Small 236×320 Medium 472×640 Large 755×1024 Download Tiff Original 1770×2400 | (702.0 KB) 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)