1, different families and genera. Cat-eye snails are gastropods. Sweet snail, also called golden snail, is an animal of Lepidoptera, which is unique to China.
2. Different shapes. The shell of the cat-eye snail is thick and shiny, except for a few shallow lines, the whole shell is smooth, the spiral tower is high, the top of the shell is blunt and the suture line is shallow. Sweet snail belongs to medium and large shellfish, with long body length, round and thick shell, long double cone as a whole, and about eight layers of snail layer. The first spiral layer at the top of the shell is very small, and it gradually increases below.
3. Different living habits. In terms of living habits, sweet snails like to live in shallow waters or rocks, while cat-eye snails mainly inhabit coral reefs.
Living habits of sweet snails
It belongs to Gastropoda mollusk and is endemic to China. Produced in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, mainly distributed in Guangdong, Fujian, Liaoning, Shandong and other regions.
Snails have developed salivary glands, which can secrete proteolytic enzymes. It inhabits the deep sandy and muddy seabed in the subtidal zone and is usually collected by bottom trawl. It is a carnivorous or saprophytic animal, its main food is bivalves, and it likes to eat benthic shellfish or dead fish. Androgyny, mating and fertilization, can lay eggs soon after mating. In summer, large eggs lay eggs on the seabed, and they can move a short distance when looking for bait or laying eggs. Usually dispersed, especially concentrated when spawning. The accessibility of the third age is mature. The breeding period is from May to June.