marsh snail

marsh snail
n. any of a number of snails that live in marshy habitats or ponds, in particular:
a) an American salt-marsh snail (family Ellobiidae)
b) a European freshwater snail (Galba (or Limnaea) palustris, family Limnaeidae)

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