French snail (French: snail, international pronunciation: [? s.ka？ .ɡ? ])。 Alias: negative shell slug, snail, buffalo, snail, snail, snail, belonging to the family Snails. The French snail is an edible snail. It is usually used as the first course of French cuisine. Snails, also called buffaloes and runny noses in some places, are hermaphroditic amphibians. There are more than 22,000 species in the world, but only a few edible snails can be sold in the international market, such as French snails, garden snails and agate snails. In China, it is a kind of white jade snail, mainly produced in Taiwan Province Province, Hubei Province and southeast coastal provinces, all of which are farmed artificially. Snail, shark's fin, scallop and abalone have become the four famous dishes in the world, which are high-quality foods with high protein, low fat and low cholesterol.