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BackPomacea (pomacea) insularum , (D'Orbigny, 1839)
The South American ampullarid Pomacea insularum is classified under the canaliculata complex. This is a groups af very closely related species which are very variable in size and appearance. Shell: The shell of this apple snail spec ...
Chapter 8 - Freshwater snails
Biology Public health importance Control measures References Selected further reading Intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis and foodborne trematode infections Many species of freshwater snail belonging to the family Pla ...
Freshwater Molluscan Shells / Viviparidae
Viviparus georgianus (Lea, 1834), (left), and Campeloma linum (Anthony, 1860), (right). Campeloma has the large foot characteristic of active s ...
Classification of freshwatersnails
Phylum Mollusca (mollusks) Class Gastropoda Subclass Pulmonata Order Archaeopulmonata Superfamily Ellobiacea Family Ellobiidae Superfamily Melampidacea Family Melampidae Order Basommatophora Superfamily Acroloxacea Family Acroloxi ...
Eva's Aquarium Snails Page
Aquarium snails I almost forgot the snails. I have three different kinds of snails already. I don't mind them as long as they don't get too big or too many. Since I usually have rather few fish in my aquariums (in the past at least) I think they m ...
Family Ampullariidae Lanistes
The snails of this genus have sinistral shells,but their bodies are dextral. The shells are globose to ovoid or discoidal. Lanistes alexandri(Bourguignat) Shell about 20 mm.From Tanzania Lanistes bicarinatus(Germain) Shell about 40 mm,globose,ch ...
Family Assimineidae
Assiminea grayana(Fleming,1828) Shell cone-shaped with a sharp top,up to 6,5-7 whorls,aperture oval,light-brown or reddish-brown,height up to 7,5 mm x width 4,5 mm. Male shells or smaller than those of females. The body of the animal is grey with ...
Family Physidae
Physiidae-The shells of the species of this family are coiled in an anti-clockwise direction.The tentacles are slender.If they are disturbed they shake their shell. Aplexa hypnorum(Linnaeus,1758) Shell cone shaped,sharp pointed,brown or yellowish, ...
Freshwater About Snails
Many beginning hobbyists think snails are essential as scavengers, only to find that some red ramshorns, after a day or two in the tank, will get their antennae nipped by fish every time they poke their head out, and ...
Freshwater Molluscan Shells
Hydrocenidae Minute amphibious snails classified with the old archeogastropoda, native to eastern and southern Asia, and southern Europe. One species is listed for southern Africa by Pilsbry and Becqu ...
Freshwater Molluscan Shells / Pulmonata / Basommatophora
Physella sp. Freshwater Pulmonate Gastropods Freshwater pulmonate snails are characteristically thin and light s ...
Freshwater Snail
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Freshwater snails
elcome to the new introduction page of the freshwater snails.This part of the site has information about the biology of freshwatersnails. On different pages you will find the species within their Superfamilies and Families. Biology Breathing Ne ...
Hydrobiidae
Superfamily Rissoacoidea Family Hydrobiidae Genus Akiyoshia Genus Alzoniella Genus Amnicola Genus Angrobia Genus Antrobia Genus Antroselates Genus Aphaostracon Genus Arganiella Genus Ascorhis Genus Avenionia Genus Belgrandia Genus Belgra ...
Physa Acuta
Physa Acuta The tadpole snail is the most interesting snail in my tank, behaviorally. It's the most annoying too: they breed like crazy, they're always running around messing things up, and they're not very pretty. Not like the r ...
Pila
Pila africana(Martens,1886) Shell about 50 mm,dark-brown with dark spiral bands. In small,shadowed streams in forests from Liberia to Ghana. Also in Zaire and Sierra Leone. Pila cecillei(Philippi,1841) Shell is large,about 70 mm.In Madagascar in ...
Pomacea (pomacea) canaliculata , (Lamarck, 1819)
The South American ampullarid Pomacea canaliculata is classified under the canaliculata complex. This is a groups af very closely related species which are very variable in size and appearance. Shell: The shell of this apple snail ...
Pomacea (pomacea) lineata
The South American ampullarid Pomacea lineata is classified under the canaliculata complex. This is a groups af very closely related species which are very variable in size and appearance. Shell: The shell of this apple snail species ...
Red Ramshorn
Planorbis Rubrum (?) Red Ramshorn These snails are my babies. They are the ones Travis gave me from his Aquababies tank, and they're the first snails I got to watch grow up from the very beginning. They're not nearly as interesting to w ...
Robyn's Snail FAQ Page
1. Q: Will my snails eat fish poop? A: No. There is no freshwater animal that eats feces but there are some in the ocean that do. 2. Q: Is there an animal that will eat my snail's poop? A: No. See the last answer. 3. Q: My snail has le ...
Snails
Snail Species The most common variety of "pest" snail is the Ramshorn snail. Apple snails (Ampullaria sp), which can grow to the size of a small grapefruit, are often purposely introduced as part of the aquarium display, whilst Trumpet ...
Snails (Gastropoda)
Snails and limpets have a single coiled, one piece shell. New shell growth is on the outermost part of the coil. Some shells are round and flat and some are like a cone with a point. Snails have a distinct head with a pair of tentacles, that ext ...
Superfamily Ampullaroidea , Family Ampullariidae Genera Saulea , ,Afropomus and Marisa
The genus Saulea consists of one species:Saulea vitrea(Born,1780),it is a species with a medium-sized shell,about 45 mm.The shell is high spired and has a narrow umbilicus.The color can be variable but is usually chestnut brownish with light and d ...
Superfamily Planorboidea
Superfamily Planorboidea Family Planorbidae Genus Acrorbis Genus Afrogyrus Genus Amerianna Genus Anisus Genus Armiger Genus Bathyomphalus Genus Bayardella Genus Biomphalaria Genus Camptoceras Genus Choanomphalus Genus Drepanotrema Ge ...
Superfamily Valvatoidea , Family Valvatidae
The species in this family are hermaphroditic.They have a feather shaped gill.The head has a long snout.The foot is rounded in the back and split in two short parts in the front. Valvata piscinalis(Müller,1774) The shell is cone or bowlar s ...
Superfamily Viviparacea , Family Ampullariidae ,Genus Pomacea
Welcome to the Genus Pomacea part of the site.This tells you only about the different species, and not about the care of Applesnails.Go to Stijn Ghesquire's excellent Applesnailsite for more information.It also tells you about anatomy,ecology and ...
Superfamily Viviparoidea
Family Vivipariidae Genus Angulyagra Genus Cipangopaludina Genus Margarya Genus Sinotaia Genus Taia Subfamily Viviparinae Genus Paludina Genus Tulotoma Genus Viviparus Subfamily Bellamyinae Genus Bellamya Genus Mekongia Genus Neothauma ...
Sustaining America's Aquatic Biodiversity Freshwater Snail Biodiversity and Conservation
Author: Paul D. Johnson, Research scientist, Tennessee Aquarium Research Institute, Cohutta, Ga. Publication Number 420-530, Posted October 2003
The Creepy Crawlies
This month I get to talk about one of my very favorite aquatic topics, the freshwater invertebrates. Invertebrates very simplified are animals without backbones (the vertebra). Approximately 95% of animals are invertebrates; they include mollusks, cr ...
Various freshwater snails
As apple snails are only a small part of the snail species that inhabit aquaria and ponds around the world, thus some basic information on other common freshwater snails cannot be left away. This overview is by no means complete and it is ...