Cashell
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Post by Cashell on Jan 2, 2016 20:01:35 GMT
Well, it's the second day of a brand new year! I don't know what this year bring will snailwise, but I hope that it will be an interesting, joyful, successful year .  This looks a little bland IMO, but at least it's better than looking at pure text. |
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Post by Liguus on Jan 3, 2016 1:25:07 GMT
Bland? That's awesome lol. Hopefully there will be successful snail hunts this spring and summer!
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leila
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Post by leila on Jan 3, 2016 6:53:13 GMT
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Post by wolf on Jan 3, 2016 9:24:04 GMT
Hi,
thanks, very nice picture!
All snails left-handed ("sinistral")? Hihi........ .
Kind regrads: wolf
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Cashell
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Post by Cashell on Jan 4, 2016 1:37:19 GMT
@ HelixPomatia, leila and wolf.
Thanks, I'm glad you guys like it. As for the question about them being left handed or not, I'm not sure how snail shells are classified in that regard.
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Post by wolf on Jan 5, 2016 12:16:36 GMT
Hi cashell, the coiling direction in snails can be "left-handed" (= sinistral) or "right-handed" (= dextral). Look at the shell with the tip (= apex) on top and the opening (= aperture) being at the bottom pointing on you (compare with pictures below). The axis of the shell must be vertical. If the aperture is left from the axis (columella), then the shell is sinistral, if the aperture is right from the columella, then the shell is dextral. Most snail species are dextral, but very seldom these dextral species show sinistral specimens (called "snail kings"). The inheritance mechanism of this mutation is a little bit tricky and is called "matroclinous". In your picture all specimens are sinistral  . Amphidromus perversus from Bali/Indonesia: on the left side a dextral specimen, on the right side a sinistral specimen (same species!).   |
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Post by Liguus on Jan 5, 2016 16:15:14 GMT
I had my first snail dream of the year. Went down to the everglades to collect Orthalicus...drove all the way there, got to the hotel, and was getting ready to go to the snail sites, then bam I wake up  |
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Cashell
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Post by Cashell on Jan 5, 2016 23:45:36 GMT
wolfThanks for the awesome, detailed explanation.  LiguusOhhhhhh, I certainly know the feeling! I had a dream in 2015 where I was collecting monadenia fidelis, only to find out that I was only dreaming in the end. 
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Post by MaxPower on Jan 5, 2016 23:55:06 GMT
That's really good!  I'm not the only one who dreams about snails? Phew. |
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Post by Evan on Jan 7, 2016 16:10:54 GMT
I had my first snail dream last night, and it was something about GALS that were swimming....
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Post by robinwhiskers on Jan 7, 2016 17:33:23 GMT
SOUNDS AWESOME
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Post by Evan on Jan 7, 2016 17:39:35 GMT
Sort of. It just reminds me that I can't have them |
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Post by HazelSnail on Jan 7, 2016 23:11:25 GMT
Glad to know I am not the only one who dreams of snails!
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