How do snails benefit the ecosystem?

Some snails live solely in freshwater or saltwater their entire lives. Physa fontinalis snails live in freshwater and have globe-like shells, while Astraea tecta, 1-inch snails with sharp, tightly coiled shells, live in saltwater. read more

In each ecosystem, as prey, snails provide food for other animals, while eating a variety of different substances and performing maintenance tasks, such as waste removal, for the ecosystem. As Feeders in the Ecosystem. Most snails, such as Pomacea canaliculata, eat the plants growing in their ecosystems, and they will also eat algae and fungus. read more

Land snails serve an important role in the ecosystem. They eat very low on the food web, as most land snails will consume rotting vegetation like moist leaf litter, and also fungi and sometimes eat soil directly. read more