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A great pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis) at Alpenzoo Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria.

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A great pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis) at Alpenzoo Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Three river nerite snails (Theodoxus fluviatilis) at Alpenzoo Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Five Lister’s river snails (Viviparus contectus) at Alpenzoo Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Six Lister’s river snails (Viviparus contectus) at Alpenzoo Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria.

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A blotched nerite (Nerita albicilla) at Aquazoo Loebbecke Museum in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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A carved star shell (Lithopoma caelatum) at Aquazoo Loebbecke Museum in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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A carved star shell (Lithopoma caelatum) at Aquazoo Loebbecke Museum in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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A blotched nerite (Nerita albicilla) at Aquazoo Loebbecke Museum in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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A group of variable sea-snails (Euplica varians) at Aquazoo Loebbecke Museum in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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A group of variable sea-snails (Euplica varians) at Aquazoo Loebbecke Museum in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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Two plain cactus snails (Xerarionta intercisa) at the Wilson Cove Field Station on San Clemente Island, California. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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Two plain cactus snails (Xerarionta intercisa) at the Wilson Cove Field Station on San Clemente Island, California. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A land snail (Limicolaria agathina) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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A land snail (Limicolaria agathina) at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany.

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Joel on assignment photographing the federally endangered Iowa Pleistocene snail (Discus macclintocki).

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A critically endangered magnificent ramshorn snail (Planorbella magnifica) at the Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center.

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A critically endangered magnificent ramshorn snail (Planorbella magnifica) at the Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center.

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A critically endangered magnificent ramshorn snail (Planorbella magnifica) at the Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center.

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A critically endangered magnificent ramshorn snail (Planorbella magnifica) at the Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center.

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A ramshorn snail (Helisoma anceps) from Chewacla Creek in Lee County, Alabama. This individual was photographed at the Fish Biodiversity Lab at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.

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A yellow elimia snail (Elimia flava) from Chewacla Creek in Lee County, Alabama. This individual was photographed at the Fish Biodiversity Lab at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.

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A ramshorn snail (Helisoma anceps) from Chewacla Creek in Lee County, Alabama. This individual was photographed at the Fish Biodiversity Lab at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.

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A mimic Lymnaea snail (Pseudosuccinea columella) at the Fish Biodiversity Lab at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.

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A yellow elimia snail (Elimia flava) from Chewacla Creek in Lee County, Alabama. This individual was photographed at the Fish Biodiversity Lab at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.

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A mimic Lymnaea snail (Pseudosuccinea columella) at the Fish Biodiversity Lab at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.

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An oblong rocksnail (Leptoxis compacta) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center near Marion, Alabama.

This species hadn’t been seen since the 1930’s and was thought extinct until being rediscovered a few years ago.

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An oblong rocksnail (Leptoxis compacta) at the Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center near Marion, Alabama.

This species hadn’t been seen since the 1930’s and was thought extinct until being rediscovered a few years ago.

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A bladetooth snail (Patera perigrapta) at the Missouri State University Mussel Lab.

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A white-lip globe snail (Mesodon thyroidus) at the Missouri State University Mussel Lab.

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A white-lip globe snail (Mesodon thyroidus) at the Missouri State University Mussel Lab.

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An endangered spiny river snail (Io fuluviaris) at the Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center in Marion, Virginia. This species was collected in the Clinch River, VA. This is the largest native snail in the U.S.

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An endangered spiny river snail (Io fuluviaris) at the Aquatic Wildlife Conservation Center in Marion, Virginia. This species was collected in the Clinch River, VA. This is the largest native snail in the U.S.

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A wrinkled marsh snail (Stagnicola caperata) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A marsh ramshorn (Planorbella trivolvis) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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A wrinkled marsh snail (Stagnicola caperata ) photographed at the North Platte Fish Hatchery, owned/operated by Nebraska Game and Parks.

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