Snail

Sea snail

Snails are slimy, shelled molluscs. Most are tiny and harmless, but some types are monstrously large.

Silkbead snails hide in their shell to escape the claws of nearby crabs. Shimmershell snails hunt for food just below the water's surface on the coast of Darkshore. Rapana whelks have been spotted fighting other whelks for prime food sources. Freshwater snails are sometimes cooked up and eaten as an exotic meal by the Forsaken.

Magma snails are located on the Dragon Isles, mostly found in the Waking Shores.

Notable

A snail in Hearthstone.

•   Blaze
•   Glip Gloop Haberdasher
•   Helix for Brains
•   Mollus
•   Monstrous Gastropod
•   Oozer
•   Rocklick
•   Scaly
•   Shellmaw <Maw in a Shell>
•   Slimetail
•   Slimy
•   Slinky
•   Slow Moe
•   Snot
•   Sparky
•   Sticky
•   Turbax
•   Various and Sundry
•   Whipsnap
•   Zoom

Types

•   Brightwater Snail (item)
•   Dreamdew Snail
•   Gastropod
•   Infectis Incher (item)
•   Knobbed Welk
•   Rockchewer Whelk

As a mount

Main article: Gastropod mounts

As a companion pet

•  [Amethyst Softshell] is a rare drop from Amethyst Spireshell in Nazjatar.
•  [Bashful] is a possible reward from  [70W] A Race to the Finish.
•  [Brulee] is a possible reward from  [70W] A Race to the Finish.
• Blackchasm Crawler can be captured in pet battles in the Eternal Palace.
• Cobbleshell and Scarlapod can be captured in pet battles in Zaralek Cavern.
•  [Diamondshell] is sold by Saccratros in Zaralek Cavern for 50 .
•  [Drowsey] is sold by Elianna in the Emerald Dream for 1 [Dream Infusion] after summoning a rock snail pet.
• Mudshell Conch can be captured in pet battles in Highmountain.
• Newsy is rewarded from  [10-80] Signed, Sealed, Self-Delivered.
•  [Prismatic Softshell] is purchased from Speaker Utia for 500 at friendly with the Waveblade Ankoan.
• Rapana Whelks can be captured in pet battles in the Dread Wastes.
•  [Roggy] is rewarded from  [Slow and Steady Wins the Race].
• Rusty Snails can be captured in pet battles in Ashenvale.
• Shimmershell Snails can be captured in pet battles in Ashenvale, Darkshore and the Thousand Needles.
• Silkbead Snails can be captured in pet battles in the Jade Forest.
•  [Snail Shell] is a possible reward from  [10-80] A Warden of the Alliance /  [10-80] A Warden of the Horde during Children's Week.
• Spireshell Snail can be captured in pet battles in Nazjatar.
•  [Thimblerig] is sold by Ponzo at Loamm for 85 .
•  [Tricky] is a possible reward from  [70W] A Race to the Finish.
•  [Zoom] is rewarded from the  [Zoom!] achievement in Stonedark Grotto in Highmountain.

Notes

• Prior to Cataclysm, snails were previously only referenced in the form of empty shells found off mobs and via Fishing, as well as being seen as part of the landscape in some underwater areas. Snails made their first appearance as attackable creatures in Cataclysm.
• The  [Gastropod Shell] toy has a chance to drop from Gastropods in the Throne of Thunder and briefly summons Jerry the Snail.