Snails concentrate calcium into shells and make that mineral available to other land organisms, including hermit crabs. Unlike Cuban Brown Snails and Southern Flatcoils that were quickly eaten, Spike awlsnails have persisted for about a year by spending much of their time underground and surfacing at night.
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Orangeclaw Hermit Crab
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Hermit crabs eat snails and take in their calcium.
Freshwater Lake
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Cuban Brown Snail
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Southern Flatcoil
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Southern Flatcoil is mentioned as a prior land snail that was eaten.
Prairie
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Spike Awlsnails live on the terrestrial side, in the Prairie.