Snail ID
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, Jul 06 2011 02:54 AM
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Posted 06 July 2011 - 02:54 AM
Yesterday I found an unusually large snail in the Connecticut River, can anyone ID it?
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Posted 06 July 2011 - 06:02 AM
Looks like an oriental mystery snail (Cipangopaludina sp.) to me. They have been introduced up your way.
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Posted 06 July 2011 - 07:22 AM
what about a trapdoor snail?
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Posted 06 July 2011 - 09:54 AM
You are both right: Japanese/Chinese mystery snails = Japanese/Chinese trapdoor snails = Cipangopaludina japonica and C. chinensis. They are in the family Viviparidae (livebearing snails), NOT in the Ampullariidae (egg-layers) like the common S.Amer mystery snails usually sold in fish shops. They are extremely invasive and are now "prohibited" in NC and possibly other states.
Edited by gerald, 06 July 2011 - 10:13 AM.
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Posted 06 July 2011 - 12:07 PM
i make sure to step on them when i am out, well not ALL of them, but quite a few as the darters/shiners then pick at the flesh
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