Snail

A Snail is a shelled gastropod. The name is most frequently used to refer to terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs, or land snails. The majority of the Gastropoda molluscans, however, who have coiled shells big enough for the animal to fully retract into, are also known by the popular name "snail". When the word "snail" is used in this broad sense, it refers to many different species of freshwater and sea snails in addition to land snails. Land snails with only a very little shell (that they cannot retract inside) are frequently referred to as semi-slugs, as are gastropods that naturally lack a shell or have only an internal shell.

Garden snails typically hibernate whenever the temperature falls below 60 °F (15 °C), frequently following the first frost. The majority of snails hibernate in the northern hemisphere from October to April. In the southern hemisphere, hibernation normally lasts from May until September. Garden snails that hibernate over the winter doze off and emerge from concealment when the weather warms up and they are ready. Snails can hibernate for a few days, many months, or even several years.