eat can be stressful and difficult. many people blow the conch at home while doing ganesha aarti. shortening and butter) in cooking and baking. chilled conch can be kept in the refrigerator for up to four or five days. parents should take their children to the doctor if they are unusually fussy for several...
shell big enough that the soft parts can withdraw completely into it. those gastropods without a shell, and those with only a very reduced or internal shell, are usually known as slugs; those with a shell into which they can partly but not completely withdraw are termed semi-slugs. the marine shelled...
the adriatic sea. scientific description: pecten jacobaeus its natural habitat is made up of sandy bottoms or ... continua grooved carpet shells grooved carpet shell or tapes semidecussatus is one of the most used shellfish to cook traditional italian dishes this bivalve lives in colonies, usually in...
(picture not licenced under creative commons) one of the larger species: pomacea haustrum . yellow-black apple snail (pomacea diffusa ). this colour variant lacks the dark brown colour of the shell , so the yellow base colour shines through. white, or albino variant of an apple snail (pomacea diffusa...
. only when both genes are switched off, the colour is absent in the snail (single-gene recessive). keep in mind that this is an example of how the inherit colour variations in these snails may work. select which genes should be active: resulting snail type gene for dark shell pigment on chromosome copy...
(picture not licenced under creative commons) live specimen, eating lettuce (snail from venezuela). (picture not licenced under creative commons) pomacea glauca. (picture not licenced under creative commons) pomacea glauca. (picture not licenced under creative commons) pomacea glauca....
a rounder aperture than females. the umbilicus is large and deep. the overal shell shape is similar to that of pomacea lineata, except the deeper sutures and more globose shape in canaliculata. the size of these snails varies from to mm wide and to mm high depending on the conditions. the colour varies...
hypobranchial gland in between the rectum and the gill. the latter (hypobranchial gland) secretes mucus into the mantle cavity. the bottom of the mantle cavity (anterior) is the mantle edge, which fits against the shell opening (aperture) and has an important function: it is the growing edge for the...
adaptation is reflected in their life style : moderately amphibious and being equipped with a shell door enabling the snail to close its shell (to prevent drying out while hiding in the mud during dry periods). a typical adaptation of apple snails is the combination of a branchial respiration system...
base, but with makes a sharp angle at top. the size of these snails varies from to mm high depending on the conditions. the umbilicus is closed. the shell has a light base colour (gray-brown to greenish-blue), a bit stone-like yellow with faint, non-contineous brown spiral bands. operculum: the operculum...