Large specimens can be cleaned of bady parts by the usual methods for
mollusks.  Freezing, etc.  Rinse out remnants with a water pick, etc.
Small to minute species can be done with the water pick only.  Gently scrub
outside with soft toothbrush, maybe a little dish detergent.  Don't take
off the periostracum!
 
 
 
 
At 07:13 AM 5/8/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Can any of you tell me the easiest way to clean land snails, from getting
>them dead to getting the animal out of the shell?  John Bernard
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