Marsh Liptooth

(Daedalochila triodontoides)

Nutrition

     Marsh Liptooth gets its nutrients like other gastropods, which is through the use of its radula. All gastropods have modified their radula to aid in their feeding behaviors (Hickman, et al., 2009). Some gastropods are herbivorous because they eat algae and plankton (Hickman, et al., 2009). While others, like abalones, break off pieces from seaweed with their radula, yet others are scavengers because they survive off eating dead and decaying flesh (Hickman, et al., 2009). However, there are still other gastropods that are carnivores because they use their radular teeth to rip apart their prey (Hickman, et al., 2009).

     Since Marsh Liptooth is a gastropod, it can be more specifically called a pulmonate because it has modified its mantle to act as a lung, which is a defining characteristic of the pulmonates (Hickman, et al., 2009). For the most part, pulmonates are herbivores but have been known to eat organisms that include earthworms and even other snails (Hickman, et al., 2009). Also, Marsh Liptooth eats the fruiting bodies or mycelia of fungi (Perez & Cordeiro, 2008).

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