Interactions
What Eats Them
There were no available studies
on interspecies interactions of
Daedalochila scintilla,
but there was some
information on snails in the family polygyridae. The rest
of the following information is based on pulmonate land snails in general.
One study showing the contents of a white-eyed vireo’s (North
American species of bird) stomach showed polygyridae to be part of its diet
(Nolan and Woolridge, 1962). Another study showed a
polygrid inside of a Hyla cinerea’s (American green tree frog) stomach
(Freed, 1982). In general leeches, beetles, caterpillars,
frogs, toads, snakes, birds, domestic cats and dogs, and even other larger
species of snail are known to be predators of pulmonate land snails (Infoqis
Publishing, Co., 2012).
What They Eat:
Snails consume mostly plant or algal
matter, but to satisfy their calcium need (to build their shells) they can
consume dirt (Infoqis Publishing, Co., 2012).
Parasites
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