ANIMATION of the snail's odyssey © Thomas Carefoot 2023

To navigate through the ODYSSEY:
- Select a TOPIC from the menu at the top of the screen
- OR: play the animation to the left
- OR: follow the snail's ODYSSEY by CLICKING on any X-marked invertebrate on the map above
Phylum Mollusca (lit. “soft” or “shellfish” L.)
Class Gastropoda (lit. “stomach foot” G.), referring to the body structure of viscera lying overtop of the muscular foot
SubClass Orthogastropoda (lit. “straight gastropod” G.), referring not to the shape of the shell but to their evolutionary history
SuperOrder Caenogastropoda (lit. “new or recent gastropod” G.)
Order Hypsogastropoda (lit. “high gastropod” G.)
SubOrder Littorinimorpha (lit. “seashore form” G.)
Family Naticidea (lit. “buttocks” L.), including moon snails