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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Freshwater Lake
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Orangeclaw Hermit Crab
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Hermit crabs are calcium consumers / snail predators in the record.
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.
Lowland Meadow
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Spike awlsnail record is routed to the terrestrial Lowland Meadow/grassland side.