(picture not licenced under creative commons) woman preparing pila ampullacea snail on a market in ho chi min city, vietnam, januari . also see: eating apple snails (picture not licenced under creative commons) shell : the shell of this large asiatic apple snails varies from - mm high, - mm wide. they...
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° angle) sutures. in some occasions, the sutures are almost absent, resulting in a smooth spire. the shell lip is often slightly reflected and the umbilicus is narrow and deep. size: - mm wide, - mm high (only slightly higher then wide). there are many variations known of this subspecies, mainly variations...
as being an apple snails. however, from an based on the anatomy, these snails definately belong to the ampullariidae snails are are probably closely related to the asolene genus. in the aquarium trade these snail are often know as the 'giant ramhorn snails'. type species is marisa cornuarietis (gray...
not be a problem as these differences are relatively small. movies (mpeg ): - travel through snail slices (pomacea canaliculata ) ( kb) note that the anatomy of apple snails can not be applied on all other snail families. close relatives as the viviparidae snails do have a somewhat similar anatomy,...
(picture not licenced under creative commons). apple snails are well edible and are often considered a protein rich delicacy. consuming these snails is therefore an interesting option in those area's where they have become a pest and treat for the rice and taro production. in such cases, eating these...
older literature), superfamily ampullarioidae, family ampullariidae (apple snails). the whole apple snail family (ampullariidae) is divided in (or , depending of the authority followed) genera [ click here to see their characteristics ] and contains about different species*. however, much work has to...
a basic guide to other common freshwater snails . bio-agent apple snails as a biological agent to control the population of disease transmitting snails?...
(flat shell). apple snails have a dextral shell (shell opening at the right like in the picture above) except the apple snails from the genus lanistes who have a sinistral shell (shell opening at the left), although there are reports of sinistral animals in the other genera (see the literature : cazzaniga...
the lake. also, lanistes solidus is endemic to lake malawi, while lanistes ellipticus can be found at many places in central and southern africa. nevertheless, lanistes solidus could be considered a heavier, lacustrine (lake specific) form of lanistes ellipticus. shell : lanistes solidus is a rather...