Madeiran land snail is a common name which has been given to several different species of terrestrial gastropods, air-breathing land snails:
- Geomitra moniziana
- Leiostyla abbreviata
- Leiostyla cassida
- Leiostyla corneocostata
- Leiostyla gibba
Famous quotes containing the words land and/or snail:
“Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses—where would the opportunity have been without the genocide of those Old Guard, bristling Indian tribes?”
—Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)
“The snail in his museum
wears his mother all day,
he hides his mysterious bottom
as if it were rotten fruit.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)