"Lowland Pillsnail"

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This website talks all about the air-breathing, terrestrial snail Euchemotrema leai or more commonly known as the Lowland Pillsnail.  Continuing along you will discover many new facts relating to the Classification, Distribution and Geography, Habitat, Description, Adaptation, and Reproduction of this fascinating organism. 

Gastropods are a group of very diverse organisms.  This phylum contains around 60,000 to 80,000 living species inhabiting a wide array of environments (Global Biodiversity Information Facility 2007).  Here we will narrow it down and investigate the single species Euchemotrema leai and its specific life style.  Nonetheless, if you are curious and want to learn more about other organisms as well, visit the Multiple Organisms  or Wisconsin Land Snails page put on for educational purposes through the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse.

To continue on the Lowland Pillsnail investigation, see how this organism is Classified.