Dear Conch-L'ers: Among the marine gastropods there are many herbivores and many carnivores, and the carnivores include both predators and scavengers. The scavengers are an important factor in breaking down dead organisms. Put a dead fish on a shallow, muddy bottom, and within an hour there may be a hundred or more Nassarius feeding on it. The land snails seem to be primarily herbivorous, but there are some predators like Euglandina. Does anyone know of any land snails that are either obligate or opportunistic scavengers, that is, species which are attracted to and/or feed on dead animal matter? Paul M.