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Turkish Snail (Helix lucorum), a large land snail species belonging to the family Helicidae, is widely distributed in Türkiye and the Balkans. It is one of the most dominant native snail species in Türkiye’s fauna and forms extensive populations particularly in the Black Sea, Central Anatolia, Aegean, and Marmara regions. Due to historical consumption as food and commercial trade, human activities have introduced this species to various other geographic areas.MorphologyH. lucorum typically posse

Scaled Foot Snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) is a marine gastropod species endemic to the deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the Indian Ocean and belonging to the family Peltospiridae. This species is defined by dermal sclerites, or scales, arranged in a tile-like pattern covering the external surface of its soft foot, which are fused with a spiral shell composed of calcium carbonate. The species is notable for these mineralized structures, rich in iron sulfide, and its adaptations enabling survival