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Can snails pollinate the flowers? What do you call such pollination?


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Pollination by snails:

  1. Yes, the snails can pollinate the flower.
  2. The process of pollination which occurs through snails is known as malacophilous, and the flowers are known as malacophily.
  3. The flowers pollinated by snails and slugs are known as malacophilous flowers.
  4. Malacophily is commonly observed in Lemna.

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