Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: snail

Photo: A unidentified planorbid snail (Planorbidae sp.) at the West Liberty University Crayfish Conservation Lab in West Liberty, Virginia.

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A unidentified planorbid snail (Planorbidae sp.) at the West Liberty University Crayfish Conservation Lab in West Liberty, Virginia.

Photo: A unidentified planorbid snail (Planorbidae sp.) at the West Liberty University Crayfish Conservation Lab in West Liberty, Virginia.

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A unidentified planorbid snail (Planorbidae sp.) at the West Liberty University Crayfish Conservation Lab in West Liberty, Virginia.

Photo: A pointed Campeloma snail (Campeloma sp.) at the Center for Aquatic Mollusk Programs in Lake City, Minnesota.

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A pointed Campeloma snail (Campeloma sp.) at the Center for Aquatic Mollusk Programs in Lake City, Minnesota.

Photo: A pointed Campeloma snail (Campeloma sp.) at the Center for Aquatic Mollusk Programs in Lake City, Minnesota.

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A pointed Campeloma snail (Campeloma sp.) at the Center for Aquatic Mollusk Programs in Lake City, Minnesota.

Photo: A Florida applesnail (Pomacea paludosa) at Gulf Specimen Aquarium in Panacea, FL. This species is in decline due to being out-competed by introduced, invasive snails from other countries.

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A Florida applesnail (Pomacea paludosa) at Gulf Specimen Aquarium in Panacea, FL. This species is in decline due to being out-competed by introduced, invasive snails from other countries.

Photo: A Florida applesnail (Pomacea paludosa) at Gulf Specimen Aquarium in Panacea, FL. This species is in decline due to being out-competed by introduced, invasive snails from other countries.

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A Florida applesnail (Pomacea paludosa) at Gulf Specimen Aquarium in Panacea, FL. This species is in decline due to being out-competed by introduced, invasive snails from other countries.

Photo: Several eggs of the Florida applesnail (Pomacea paludosa) at Gulf Specimen Aquarium in Panacea, FL. This species is in decline due to being out-competed by introduced, invasive snails from other countries.

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Several eggs of the Florida applesnail (Pomacea paludosa) at Gulf Specimen Aquarium in Panacea, FL. This species is in decline due to being out-competed by introduced, invasive snails from other countries.

Photo: Several eggs of the Florida applesnail (Pomacea paludosa) at Gulf Specimen Aquarium in Panacea, FL. This species is in decline due to being out-competed by introduced, invasive snails from other countries.

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Several eggs of the Florida applesnail (Pomacea paludosa) at Gulf Specimen Aquarium in Panacea, FL. This species is in decline due to being out-competed by introduced, invasive snails from other countries.

Photo: An Atlantic triton's trumpet (Charonia variegata) at the Akron Zoo.

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An Atlantic triton’s trumpet (Charonia variegata) at the Akron Zoo.

Photo: An Atlantic triton's trumpet (Charonia variegata) at the Akron Zoo.

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An Atlantic triton’s trumpet (Charonia variegata) at the Akron Zoo.

Photo: An unidentified turban snail (Turbo sp.) at the Akron Zoo.

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An unidentified turban snail (Turbo sp.) at the Akron Zoo.

Photo: An unidentified turban snail (Turbo sp.) at the Akron Zoo.

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An unidentified turban snail (Turbo sp.) at the Akron Zoo.

Photo: A margarite nassa mud snail (Nassarius margaritifer) at the Akron Zoo.

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A margarite nassa mud snail (Nassarius margaritifer) at the Akron Zoo.

Photo: A margarite nassa mud snail (Nassarius margaritifer) at the Akron Zoo.

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A margarite nassa mud snail (Nassarius margaritifer) at the Akron Zoo.

Photo: An unidentified olive snail (Olividae sp.) at the Akron Zoo.

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An unidentified olive snail (Olividae sp.) at the Akron Zoo.

Photo: An unidentified olive snail (Olividae sp.) at the Akron Zoo.

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An unidentified olive snail (Olividae sp.) at the Akron Zoo.

Photo: A silver fulu cichlid (Haplochromis argens) at the Akron Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN list.

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A silver fulu cichlid (Haplochromis argens) at the Akron Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN list.

Photo: A partula snail (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium.

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A partula snail (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium.

This species is listed as extinct in the wild on the IUCN Red List.

Southern oyster drill (Stramonita haemastoma) at the Dallas Children's Aquarium.

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Southern oyster drill (Stramonita haemastoma) at the Dallas Children’s Aquarium.

Photo: Japanese trap door snail (Bellamya chinensis) from a private collection.

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Japanese trap door snail (Bellamya chinensis) from a private collection.

Photo: Japanese trap door snail (Bellamya chinensis) from a private collection.

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Japanese trap door snail (Bellamya chinensis) from a private collection.

Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo's Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

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Partula snails (Partula nodosa) at the St. Louis Zoo’s Monsanto Insectarium. Once found in French Polynesia, this species is now extinct in the wild.

Photo: A robust lancetooth snail, Haplotrema vancouverense, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A robust lancetooth snail, Haplotrema vancouverense, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A robust lancetooth snail, Haplotrema vancouverense, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A robust lancetooth snail, Haplotrema vancouverense, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A Northwest hesperian snail, Vespericola columbianus, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A Northwest hesperian snail, Vespericola columbianus, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A Northwest hesperian snail, Vespericola columbianus, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A Northwest hesperian snail, Vespericola columbianus, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A beaded lancetooth, Ancotrema sportella, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A beaded lancetooth, Ancotrema sportella, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: A beaded lancetooth, Ancotrema sportella, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

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A beaded lancetooth, Ancotrema sportella, at A Rocha Brooksdale Environmental Center in Surrey, BC.

Photo: Snails at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

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Snails at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

Photo: Snails at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

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Snails at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

Photo: Snails at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

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Snails at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

Photo: Snails at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

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Snails at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

Photo: Snails at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

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Snails at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

Photo: Snails at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

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Snails at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson, AZ.

Photo: Southern oyster drill (Stramonita haemastoma) at the Dallas Children's Aquarium.

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Southern oyster drill (Stramonita haemastoma) at the Dallas Children’s Aquarium.

Photo: Red turban snail (Pomaulax gibberosus) at the Dallas Children's Aquarium.

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Red turban snail (Pomaulax gibberosus) at the Dallas Children’s Aquarium.

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