Reproduction
To start off, all snails are hermaphroditic, so each
individual snail has both male and female parts of reproduction.
Snails don’t have genders, so every other snail is a candidate
for mating. Since they possess both parts, both snails do
both jobs at once during mating. .JPG)
According to
Snail-world.com, Snails must mature two years, before the snail
can reproduce (Bio-expedition). They, also, explain that
land snails don’t have the ability to hear, so they use the
sense of touching in the process of courtship. Some snails
cover themselves in slime, in order to increase their
reproductive success. (Bio-expedition)
Frank Baker explains that the land snails of the family
Polygridae reproduce through laying eggs (Baker 1939).
They will normally lay their eggs somewhere that is protected
from sun’s rays, such as under a log, or under the soil (Baker
1939). After about 20 to 30 days, the eggs will hatch and
young snails will begin their lives (Baker 1939).