Most species of freshwater snails, discounting most adult specimens of species belonging to the family Ampullariidae, which primarily subsist on aquatic plants as adults.
Up to 99% of the volume of many Mount Taylor period middens consists of snail shells (including river snails and apple snails).
Common shells used for shell dwellers include authentic Neothauma shells, ocean turbo shells, escargot shells, whale eye shells, and Ampullariidae-family shells.
It flies slowly with its head facing downwards, looking for its main food, the large apple snails.