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What animals do carnivorous land snails such as Euglandina eat?
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The common snail (Helix aspersa).
Carnivorous land snails such as Euglandina are predators that primarily feed on other snails and earthworms.1
To facilitate the capture of their prey, these snails have evolved elongated bodies, which allow them to reach deep into the shells of their victims. The evolution of the carnivorous habit in such land snails is believed to have transitioned through a period of scavenging on carrion.1