My Mesodon Thyroidus! (And other unidentified species)

[berowle]

Hello! I'm always seeing people post GALS or H. Poms/aspers, but rarely Mesodons! So I decided to snap some shots of Simon and Garfunkel, my wild Mesodon Thyroidus! (I had to get a couple of little Napoleon as well. Maybe someone can identify him?)



Simon just starting to come out his shell, meanwhile Garfunkel is starting to eat as fast as he can. The little one is Napoleon, and I have no clue what his species is. He's tiny, not much bigger than a fingernail.




Simon checking Napoleon out. Hard to believe Napolean was the largest one by a long shot when I found them. 



Napoleon trying to make his escape. He is RIDICULOUSLY fast for a snail -.-



Sorry. Blurry picture is blurry. My phone camera can't focus for beans.



Dear lord my hand looks so hairy up close lol. Simon, bein slimy.



Simon exploring and Garfunkel stuffin his face. He is definitely the pig of the two. 

[Cashell]

Nice pictures! I keep neohelix albolabris which also looks superficially similar to mesodon thyroidus.

[cliath]

Very cute snails

[Deleted]

Awww they're so cute!!

[muddydragon]

absolutely gorgeous!

As for your unidentified one - is there any evidence of "hairs" - actually more like spines on the shell (porbably mostly worn off by now) it could be one of the hairy snail species. there's lots of possibilites i'm afriad though.

[berowle]

Mar 14, 2015 20:04:15 GMT muddydragon said:

absolutely gorgeous!

As for your unidentified one - is there any evidence of "hairs" - actually more like spines on the shell (porbably mostly worn off by now) it could be one of the hairy snail species. there's lots of possibilites i'm afriad though.

Nope! No little hairs. That's what I was looking for at first, because it would have narrowed it down a bit. He could be anything. I will say I do think he could be one of these snails posted by another user on this board X Those all look similar, and come from basically the exact same region. 

[berowle]

Also, just a happy little update; WE GOT BABIES!

First few hatched today and I found at least 30 more eggs in the tank. :0)

[Zorst]

Nice snails and congrats on the babies.

Zorst

[Cashell]

Congratz with the breeding!

[teessnails]

Your little Napoleon looks a lot like my Fitzgerald, who I also haven't been able to identify! May I ask where Napoleon came from?

[Selena]

maybe the little snail is one of the Oxychilus family.

[astana]

Your little Napoleon seems to be an adult Vespericola Columbiana. I've kept that species before, and while they were hairy initially, the fuzz wore off over time. That seems to be the case for Napoleon.