Need help IDing a snail!

cal1112333

I just adopted a snail from petco. It is about the size of a golfball, tan-brown with dark stripes going perpendicular to the shell growth. The flesh is black.

Now heres the weird part (for me, idk much bout snails) when i had the temperature syncing up in the tank it extended a huge (about 4-5 inches long) tube thing that looked like a pipe cleaner (assume its a tube and not some sort of filament).

It has a trapdoor and i got a clutch that kinda looks and feels like Styrofoam, flesh colored and wild beehive like shape.

And I have a heavily planted tank, is it going to eat my plants or something?

jeaninel

Sounds like you have a Mystery snail (or Apple Snail)...Pomacea Bridgesii or possibly Pomacea Canaliculata. Can you post a pic for proper ID? If it's a Brig it won't eat your plants but Cana will. The long tube it extended is used to breathe air from the surface. You have a female since it laid eggs.

Here's a link to some info on them:
http://www.applesnail.net/

cal1112333

Having technical difficulties please standby

cal1112333

How can I tell the difference? When I know what to look for I am pretty good at determining it myself, I cant post pictures atm because my camera decided not to share tonight.

Until I figure out what to do with it ill keep it in my baby keeper with some zucchini.

*edit* Looked at it carefully and it has to be Pomacea canaliculata =(

http://www.applesnail.net/content/species_genera.htm

Little-Fizz

How do you know is canaliculata and not a brig? What was the snail sold as? A mystery snail? Or an Apple Snail?

The points of the shells on these two species are really different. On the brig you'll see that the point on their shell sticks out way more and on the canaliculata it hardly sticks out at all.You really have to look for the difference in the spike. Another difference (now I've never tried this one myself) But on they body of the snail, the brig has many more red dots around his mouth then the canaliculata.

This is a brig




Theres a difference in the opening of the shell too.

And this is canaliculata

cal1112333

It was sold as an adoption pet, someone didn't want him so they gave em to the store to sell.

Looking at the pictures above I am now leaning towards a brig. My camera is still a piece of fail but will try to upload pics later.

Its refreshing btw, that this forum seems to be active. Ive had to abandon 3 previous forums due to a lack of activity.

willow

glad you joined us.
:)

cal1112333

Thanks! This is about 1/3 as active as my non fish forums, but still more than 2x as active as other fish forums, hope everyone gets to know me as I get to know everyone else!

willow

you'll be fine,join in with ongoing threads if you can,
it's always nice to see people interacting with each other,
you'll notice that this is a very friendly place to be,we
pride ourselves on trying to help people and provide the
best helpful information thast we can.
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