How fast are snails?: Quick Facts

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Garden snail with a glossy, spiral-patterned brown shell crawling on a bright green leaf.

A Kellet's whelk snail (Kelletia kelletii) with a spiraled, pink and green shell crawls on a reef surrounded by purple sea urchins in California's Channel Islands.

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