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The article gets directly into what the species Latia neritoides is. It is pretty concise in what you should first know about the species name. The lead does not provide an overview of what information the article will contain but there is a smooth transition to the next area of discussion which is its habitat. There is also no additional details of the snail species that is not mentioned in the article.

There is relevant content in the article according to the subject. It goes into the anatomy and bioluminescence of the snail species. However, there are details of the snail shell that do not seem to have relevance to the article. It is the way it is phrased for the general public that loses me while reading it. There are terms used that are not previously mentioned and suggest they should have been known before reading that specific part of the article on shell type. There is also lack of depth on latia lucifern, the compound that creates bioluminescence for the snail. and the reaction it undergoes. It should be since it is an important function for the snail as mentioned in the part of the article.

This piece of writing does not seem to be biased, It strictly focuses on speaking on the snail species. I as the reader did not feel persuaded to think a certain way.

Based on the list of references, it looks like all the information is backed up by second hand sources. One of the first references is actually a rewrite of the original reports in order to make it fit for government distribution of the information to researchers and the public. The information for the basic details of the snail species was taken from an online source that gives updates on the species. The link for this source worked, however the others did not. There are definitely better sources for this information since this species are connected to others because of their bioluminescence component. Britanicca, for example, provides far more information on the species compared to the article on its own.

I found the article easy to read. It was well organized and provided basic important information for the most part. The images used were definitely helpful to understand the parts of the species. Two of the three images were well captioned. The one that displayed the chemical reaction did not have a caption at all. I believe it needed a full explanation as to what was going in order for understand how latia luciferin functions.

There was not a active talk discussion for this article. However, it is part of a bigger project: WikiProject Gastropods.

There are definitely edits that need to be made in order for the article to go into depth and hit all the points of the snail species.