The difference between snails and conchs

Field snails and conchs are both very common ingredients in our lives. For some friends who don’t eat them often, they may not be well aware of the difference between field snails and conchs. In fact, there is a big difference between the two. The taste of field snails is relatively fishy and contains salt, while sea snails are rich in nutrients such as protein, vitamins, amino acids, and various trace elements needed by the human body.

the difference:

Field snails have a fishy taste, contain salt, and are highly palatable. They can be used as a mineral additive to feed livestock and poultry.

Conch is plump and delicate, with delicious taste, and is known as the "pearl on the plate". It is rich in protein, vitamins, essential amino acids and trace elements for the human body. It is a typical high-protein, low-fat, high-calcium natural animal health food.

introduce:

1. Snails

Snails refer to mollusks of the family Snailidae, belonging to the class Gastropoda of the phylum Mollusca, subclass Prosobranchia. River snails are distributed in most parts of China. Field snails have high requirements for water quality and low yields. It can be caught in summer and autumn. Common freshwater snails include Chinese round pond snails. River snails are dioecious. The method of distinguishing between male and female river snails is mainly based on the shape of their right antennae. The right tentacle of the male snail is bent inward to the right (the bent part is the male reproductive organ). In addition, the female snail is large and round, while the male snail is small and long. The river snail is an ovoviviparous animal with a unique reproductive method. The embryonic development and the development of the young are completed in the mother's body. It takes about a year for the fertilized egg to grow into a baby snail in the mother's body. Field snails lay eggs in batches and begin to reproduce from March to April every year. While producing baby snails, the female and male parent snails mate and fertilize, while the mother snails also nurture the baby snails to be produced the following year inside her body. A female snail produces about 100 to 150 baby snails throughout the year.

2. Conch

Conch is a gastropod mollusk. Shellfish are mainly divided into five classes, with more than 70,000 species worldwide. Marine species are generally called conchs. The edge of the conch shell is slightly square, large and thick, with a shell height of about 10 cm and 6 whorls. It is rich in protein, vitamins, essential amino acids and trace elements for the human body. It is a typical high-protein, low-fat, high-calcium natural animal health food.