The four snail galactans studied are polysaccharides of high molecular weight that are composed entirely of d- and l-galactosyl residues. AaG and CnG, which had not previously been studied, are highly branched galactans composed mainly of (1→3)- and (1→6)-linked galactosyl residues, as shown by the results of periodate oxidation and permethylation studies. On methylation, HpG, CnG, and AaG yielded ∼40% of 2,3,4,6-tetra-, 40% of 2,4-di-, 7–14% of 3,4,6-tri-, and 8–12% of 2,4,6-tri- O-methylGal derivatives. BgG gave equal amounts of tetra- and di- O-methyl derivatives, and 8.5% of 2,4,6-tri- O-methylGal, and 10% was unmethylated Gal, indicating 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 substitution not previously reported in nature. Antisera to the four galactans showed various degrees of cross-reactivity, indicating structural differences ascribable partially to determinants involving a galactose phosphate and, probably, to the linkage and the position of l-Gal in the molecule. The galactans differed in susceptibility to d-galactose oxidase, and some of the immunochemical observations are most probably attributable to species-specific differences in distribution of linear stretches and branches. The first stages of Smith degradation of HpG and AaG showed a substantial increase in unsubstituted (1→3)- and (1→6)-linked residues. These results, and the appearance of linear stretches within the native galactans preclude the strictly dichotomously-branched structure proposed earlier.