25 The Court first used the phrase critical stage in connection with the right to counsel in Parkerv. Illinois, 333 U.S. 571, 575 (1948), and first specified that counsel must be provided to a defendant ata critical stage of a criminal prosecution in Hamilton v. Alabama, 368 U.S. 52, 54-55 (1961).
01 December 1978. The largest known land gastropod is the African giant snail Achatina achatina, the largest recorded specimen of which measured 39.3 cm (15.5 in) from snout to tail when fully extended, with a shell length of 27.3 cm (10.75 in) in December 1978. It weighed exactly 900 g (2 lb).
Snails and Slugs. Snails and slugs are among the most bothersome pests in many garden and landscape situations. The brown garden snail is the most common snail causing problems in most home gardens; it was introduced from France during the 1850s for use as food. Several species of slugs are frequently damaging, including the gray garden slug, the banded slug, the tawny slug, and the greenhouse slug. Both snails and slugs are members of the mollusk phylum and are similar in structure and biology, except slugs lack the snailâs external spiral shell.