andré faraco (portuguese version). shell : neritoid (the species name indicates this already) with distincive difference between male and female snails (see picture above). the shell of this snail is quite heavy and thick. colour: olive green with faint brown bands. operculum: corneous body: dark. eggs...
(picture not licenced under creative commons) shell : globose shell with a sharp spire. size: to mm shell height. undeep sutures (angle degree and more) and medium sized umbilicus. the shell surface is smooth in most cases, although more eroded forms are described as well. the colour can vary from uniform...
for over years, tortuga has brought the cayman islands, the caribbean, jamaican and bahamas the world the finest rum cakes. for example it is known as puli oonu in kerala and seemantham in tamil nadu, both states situated in south india and swad in bengal, situated to the east. it is essential to tidy...
pomacea maculata has a very smooth surface, without almost no malleation. the colour of the shell is pale olive green with faint dark band, although these can be almost absent as well. in general one can describe this shell as thin and fragile. operculum: the operculum is large, and much higher than...
to be harmful and some species do eat your aquatic vegetation. however, it's important to realise that snails can play an important role in maintaining a healthy eco-system in an aquarium: they remove dead fish, they eat decaying vegetation, clean up food excesses and snails as the trumpet snails are...
the family rostellariidae the "whelks" - subfamily busyconinae wade, the genus morum worldwide the "tulips" of the western atlantic (family fasciolariidae) assorted worldwide aquatic species freshwater bivalves of the united states spiketop applesnail (pomacea diffusa) in north fl the channeled applesnail...
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