2007-03-04 01:27:12 · 13 answers · asked by Helen 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
No, a snail is not an insect; a snail is a gastropod mollusc.
(It is not a slug, it is a mollusc. A sea slug is also a mollusc.)
Molluscs are invertebrates that include modern creatures such as snails, slugs, cockles, and squids. Molluscs have a muscular 'foot' for digging, movement, or swimming. Many have a hard protective shell. Some forms such as most slugs and octopuses have lost their shells as they have developed other ways of protecting themselves.
Insects, which are also invertebrates, are a class of anthropods which are segmented (head, thorax, abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs connected to the thorax, antennae (usually, but not always), and, typically, one or two pairs of wings.
2007-03-04 01:38:34 · answer #1 · answered by ljb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is MOLLUSCA
The second-largest animal phylum, including snails and clams, molluscs typically have a hard shell and a soft body. Few traces of metamerism are observed, and the coelom is small; the main body cavity is part of the circulatory system. Some forms, such as octopuses and squid, attain considerable size. The seven mollusc classes are Aplacophora, Polyplacophora (chitons), Monoplacophora, Gastropoda (snails and slugs), Bivalvia (clams and allies), Cephalopoda (octopuses, squid, and allies), and Scaphopoda (tusk shells). There are about 50,000 species.
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2007-03-04 01:33:33 · answer #2 · answered by dima 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Gastropod
2007-03-04 01:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by chumpchange 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With, or without the shell. Is a crab an insect? I am not sure. =)
2007-03-04 01:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by spiritcavegrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's a gastropod, a soft bodied invertebrate.
2007-03-04 01:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It's a mollusk. Same family as some of the sea creatures.
2007-03-04 01:30:49 · answer #6 · answered by Mary W 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No I don't believe it is. A mollusk maybe...click the link below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snail
Is this question for a test or something?..
2007-03-04 01:31:54 · answer #7 · answered by The Great Ferguni 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes
2007-03-04 01:30:21 · answer #8 · answered by Stunt M 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't think so but I don't know what it is categorized as either.
2007-03-04 01:30:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, it's a mollusc.
2007-03-04 01:34:16 · answer #10 · answered by jade 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋