Snails & slugs from around the world!

[wreckoning]

Post up some of your dream species! Here's some of mine.

Name: Indrella ampulla
Native to: Western Ghats of India

Name: Florida Tree Snail, Liguus fasciatus
Native to: Florida and Cuba
Status: at risk; protected as a "Florida State Species of Special Concern"

Name: Cuban Painted Snail, Polymita picta
Native to: Cuba

Name: O'ahu Tree Snail, Achatinella sp
Native to: O'ahu, Hawaii
Status: critically endangered; level I protected species under CITES

Name: Pseudaneitea sp
Native to: South Island, New Zealand
Status: at risk

Name: Leaf-veined slug, Athoracophorus bitentaculatus
Native to: North Island, New Zealand
Status: at risk

Name: Triboniophorus aff. graeffei
Native to: Mount Kaputar, Australia
Status: super rare- only live on this one mountain

Name: Bielzia coerulans
Native to: Eastern Europe

Name: Long-tailed slug; Ninja slug; Ibycus rachelae
Native to: Sabah, Borneo

[Dumbledore]

All your dream snails are mine too...

[Cashell]

Oh gosh... my dream list is vaaaaaaaaast! Well here we go!

Indrella ampulla


Hadra webbi


Hemiplecta distincta


Platymma tweediei


Pleurodonte excellens


Pleurodonte marginella semiaperta


Acavus superbus grevillei


Gnarosophia bellendenkerensis


Helix pomatia


Helix aspersa


Achatina varicosa


Archachatina papyracea


Limicolaria numidica


Xerolenta obvia


Arianta arbustorum


Wichmanni snail


Domestics! (Including both U.S.A and Canada)

Banded Tigersnail


Oregon forestsnail


Pacific sideband*


Webbhelix multilineata


Triodopsis tridentata


Whew! Took me 30 minutes to compile a list vast like the Atlantic ocean! So there you have it! This is my full, uncensored (LOL!), mighty list of ALL my dream snails!

Alright let's face it; There's no way one can have 20+ different species in a regular detached house, so I’m gonna need to make a top 5 or 10 list!


Note: None of these images are mine. They have been gathered from various websites via Google.

[wreckoning]

Wow, I love the looks of those pleurodonte marginella ... What striking snails!

[Dumbledore]

I seem to be the only one with helix aspersa... I want like every type of snail LOL

[wreckoning]

Aspersas are said to exist in the wild in some places here ... One day, aspersa, I will find you!

[afezy90]

all what you guys mentioned are my best species except fort the slugs.but i will just settle for my achatina fulica

[tsrebel]

The american tree snails are some of my favorites too. I already have Limicolaria numidica and Pleurodonte marginella.
Some of my dream snails:
Iberus gualtieranus:

Helix lucorum:

Helix melanostoma:

Amphidromus caeruleus:

Euhadra sp.:

Hedleyella falconeri:

Lignus intertinctus:

Drymaeus sp.:

Orthalicus sp.:

Euglandina rosea:


None of these pictures are mine. Some of these snails are protected species, others are unavailable for other reasons, so I can just dream.

[Dumbledore]

Wow, those are some really pretty snails! The first one's shell... wow. I would love all of those but the last one, no carnivorous snails for me!

[afezy90]

Nice ones terebel.you just added those species to my dream snials list

[muddydragon]

Oct 19, 2013 4:34:05 GMT wreckoning said:

Wow, I love the looks of those pleurodonte marginella ... What striking snails!

they were taken by a guy called ryan aka feebix he's an excellent photographer and used to be very active on the supersnails forum (sadly the supersnails forum has pretty much died). he posted some lovely photos of his snails over the years

Edit: i misread that as you liked the photo, hence the reply - i thought i should mention this as i just realised that otherwise my post seems a little odd!

[muddydragon]

I always wanted to meet (i think Own would be a little difficult) one of these:


and they offer adequate housing and storage space for long sea voyages:

[wreckoning]

tsrebel, that Iberus gualtieranus is something else!

Here are some more species that I think are cool.

Name: Amphidromus atricallosus
Native to: Thailand, poss other countries in southeast Asia

Name: Platymma tweediei
Native to: Pahang, Malaysia

Name: Mariaella dussumieri
Native to: Karnataka, India (Western Ghats)
Status: Pest species in its native land; has potential to become invasive species elsewhere (not currently established in other localities)

Name: Black-velvet leatherleaf, velvet slug, Belocaulus angustipes
Native to: South America
Status: Invasive pest in Southeast USA

[shivles]

Wow some really beautiful snails! It's strange to see people wanting H aspersa, here they are found by the hundreds!

[afezy90]

Wreckoning you really have an eye for design.I'm. Mostly love the colours of the shell

[wreckoning]

Oh I did not take any of these pictures sadly