I don't see a forum category for garden critters, beyond insects, so I may not be posting in the correct area. I photographed this critter crawling along a RR tie in our garden. He had the antennae of a snail, but was not in a shell. Then, the next day, I saw this shell in the soil at the edge of the tie, but am now baffled. I know nothing of snails, grubs and the like, so asked my gardening sister-in-law in St. Louis, and she was clueless as well. Can anyone tell me if the shell was once home to the critter? I leaned the shell on a support so that the corkscrew-like shell opening would show up well in the photo...
Snail?
The first image is of a slug, basically a snail without a shell - both belong to the molluscan class Gastropoda - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug
My ignorance is showing. I'd heard of slugs, but never actually seen one out in the open like that. So, I'll assume the shell has nothing to do with the critter, and will advise my sister-in-law. Thanks so much.
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