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title: "Amazing facts about volcano snail"  
description: "A short explanation of the volcano snail and it's amazing facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-24  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2640/amazing-facts-about-volcano-snail  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["Facts", "general knowledge", "volcano snail"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Amazing facts about volcano snail

![Amazing facts about volcano snail](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c9c646f-5a46-4f89-82ae-0165faffaf69/images/2267f33a-e193-4762-a1b3-349d64b005b6.jpeg) ![Amazing facts about volcano snail](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c9c646f-5a46-4f89-82ae-0165faffaf69/images/d9a7e674-691d-4c1f-bc9b-7dbe225968ce.jpeg) The volcanic snail, commonly known as the scaly-foot gastropod, is the only animal that has iron sulphide incorporated into its bones. ![Amazing facts about volcano snail](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c9c646f-5a46-4f89-82ae-0165faffaf69/images/05fbe7e9-a36f-446c-b9fe-2d89f058b232.jpeg) They are found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents, which are places where the ocean floor erupts with hot, mineral-rich water. ![Amazing facts about volcano snail](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c9c646f-5a46-4f89-82ae-0165faffaf69/images/0ff070a8-af2b-465f-b643-5cb1b391fc6b.jpeg) The temperature of the water at these vents can reach 750 degrees Fahrenheit (400 degrees Celsius), and the pressure is enormous. ![Amazing facts about volcano snail](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c9c646f-5a46-4f89-82ae-0165faffaf69/images/bb64ba5c-0248-4ee9-9ff4-8e7600eebe52.jpeg) Volcano snails are critically endangered and rare. ![Amazing facts about volcano snail](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c9c646f-5a46-4f89-82ae-0165faffaf69/images/765a8061-8834-410b-886f-c654044a0f71.jpeg) They can only be found at a few hydrothermal vents across the planet.

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