While many people picture small garden snails, some species grow to astonishing sizes and can weigh several pounds. One of the most impressive is the Australian trumpet snail, a massive sea snail ...

Along parts of the Western Australian coast, large shells sometimes lie half buried in tidal mud. They belong to Syrinx aruanus, known as the Australian trumpet and regarded as the largest living sea ...

Discover which is the world’s largest snail and where it is found. The Australian trumpet (Syrinx aruanus) holds the record as the largest living shelled gastropod, reaching up to 101 cm, and inhabits ...

Triton’s Trumpet, the largest sea snail in the Mediterranean growing up to 37cm, is threatened with extinction, according to a Greek marine NGO. Even though it is a protected species, the Triton’s ...

Guinness World Records recognises Gee Geronimo, a giant African land snail measured at 27.3 centimetres in 1978 in West Sussex, as the largest recorded terrestrial snail. However, marine species such ...