Nutrition
Within the Class Gastropoda, feeding habits vary among different animals and are dependant upon their shapes and habitat (Hickman et al., 2009). They can be herbivores, either grazers of browsers, feeding mainly off plants, fungivores feeding on fungi, detrivores which are those animals living on dead and decayed flesh, and/or carnivores which are animals that feed on other animals. However, most pulmonates, air-breathing snails, are herbivorous. Whether they be one or a combination of those fours types of feeders, all gastropods use some adaption of the radula (Hickman et al., 2009).
The root word "radul" means scraper which goes to
explain the function of the radula, a tongue-like
organ, used for scraping, tearing, and drilling
algae and/or prey (Gillis,
2012). On the surface of the radula are
chitinous teeth pointing backwards which aids in
attaining food (Gillis,
2012).
Not much is known about the specific nutrition of Linisa tamaulipasensis because it is not a very popular or studied snail.
