Top Snail Facts: aka the TOP SHELL Snail 🐌 Animal Fact Files

There are more than 500 top snail species. These snails are also known as top shells for the shape of their shell. Learn more top snail facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!
Scientific Name: Family - Trochidae
Range: Global
Habitat: tidal areas to deep sea
Size: 5-130mm (approximately 0.5-6 inches)
Diet: algae, detritus
Threats: humans eat them and collect them for shells
Lifespan: unknown
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Top Snail RANGE and HABITAT 0:00
Top Snail APPEARANCE 0:50
Top Snail DIET and THREATS 1:35
Top Snail LIFE CYCLE 2:19
Top Snail NO PAIRS! 2:48
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seashellsofnsw.org.au/Trochid...
www.marinespecies.org/aphia.p...
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[@turdferguson7686]

"pls do no spn me" ~ top snails probably

[@nancyjahn4224]

Very interesting thanks.

[@tugger]

they're all so pretty

[@ChaosMagnet]

I had no idea that these were called top snails.

[@eunaekim9216]

Humans: I need to go fast! Top snails: If I go fast I'm going to get swept away and never find my way home again!

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