Latest Additions and Changes

The latest additions and changes on the present site:

• The pages on "Leaf Snails (Hygromiidae)" have been completely revised (now in three parts: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3) and freshly translated. Also, a new page about "Heath Snails (Geomitridae)" has been introduced to replace the older heath snail page, which also had been completely revised and freshly translated. (28.09.2025).

• The page "A History of Snail Cultivation" has been completely revised and freshly translated. (03.07.2025).
  
  
• The page "Snail Cultivation" has been completely revised, expanded and freshly translated. (02.07.2025).
  
  
• The second part of "Economic Use of Sea Snails" has been puslished. There are sections about "Turban Snails", "Top Snails", "Crown Conches" and the largestest shelled gastropod in the world, the "Australian Trumpet", Syrinx aruana. (01.07.2025).
  
  
• The first part of "Economic Use of Sea Snails" has been published. There are sections about "Purple Snails", "Whelks", "Periwinkles" and "Abalones". A second part is soon to follow! (30.06.2025).
  
  
• The page "Freshwater Snails Part 2 - Lung-Breathing Snails" has been completely revised, expanded and freshly translated. There are now sections about "Fresh water Limpets", "Pond Snails", "Bladder Snails" and "Ramshorn Snails". (29.06.2025).
  
  
• The page "Freshwater Snails Part 1 - Gill-Breathing Snails" has been completely revised, expanded and freshly translated. There are now sections about "Freshwater Nerites", "River Snails (Viviparidae)", "Faucet Snails (Bithyniidae)", "Spring Snails (Bythinellidae)" and "Valve Snails (Valvatidae)", as well as several other interesting freshwater snail groups. (28.06.2025).
  
  
• The page "How snails came to live on land" has been published. Apart from a section on terrestrial pulmonate snails there are also sections on three different groups of terrestrial operculate snails that can be found on land. As it turns out, gastropods have managed to adapt to life on dry land at least beween ten to twelve times independently, originating from different systematical groups. (27.06.2025).
  
  
• The pages on Marine Gastropods have been completely revised, expanded and freshly translated. There are now two parts: Marine Gastropods: Ecology and Habitats, as well as Marine Gastropods: Systematics and Diversity. (26.06.2025).
  
  
• The page on The Common Whelk (Buccinum undatum) has been completely revised and freshly translated. (22.06.2025).
  
  
• The page Cone Shells (Conidae) - Masters of Camouflage and Poison has been completely revised and freshly translated. (20.06.2025).
  
  
• A new page about Cowry Shells (Cypraeidae) has been published. There is information about cowry shells' biology as well as about their cultural importance during human history. (19.06.2025).
  
  
• The page Snails and Slugs (Gastropoda): An Introduction has been completely revised, expanded and freshly translated. (18.06.2025).
  
  
• The starting page about Snails and Slugs (Gastropoda) has been completely revised and freshly translated. (16.06.2025).
  
  

Archive: Added and Revised Pages

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Latest Change: 28.09.2025 (Robert Nordsieck).