Collective noun for snails

[Paul]

Ages ago this topic came up and no-one could find an answer. Well I've just stumbled on to this by accident while reading about grammar.

snails: escargatoire, rout, walk

taken from: www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/s/?view=uk

[spook]

A "walk" of snails sounds rather fetching!!!

[mickysnail]

And I thought a murder of crows was strange! mickysnail