Snail names origins and descriptions

[seastar]

Hi everyone!

I thought that we could share our snails' names and why they're named like this here!  What do you think? Don't forget to say the species to evitate confusion!

Here are mine:

Cepaea nemoralis

-Rainbow. He's the only one not having a food name because... he wasn't mine. He used to be flowersnail 's, he's one of her original babies. She called him Rainbow, and when I've told her about my interest for snails, she's given him to me with another snail (coming back to him in a sec). I didn't want to change his name, so he's Rainbow. I don't know where it comes from.

-Lemonade. As I said earlier, when my big sister gave me Rainbow, she also gave me another snail. He had a beautiful green shell, so I've called him Lemonade. His name is very ironic, because I hate lemonade (not the snail, the drink). Go, say I'm weird, I don't mind!  He's always the first to get to the turtle pellets when there are some! He's my best friend's favorite.

-Peanut. I bought her to Cashell , a snail seller (if you don't know him), along with Choco, Cappuccino and Marble (coming back to them later). Her name is the most ironic, because she's my favorite snail, but I hate peanuts (I know, I'm the weirdest person ever) and my brother is allergic to them. I picked this name up because it's cute! I thought it would fit a snail very well. Peanut also has a yellow shell and black lines, so the name definitely fits her!

-Choco. He was bought too, and he doesn't have an ironic name AT ALL. My favorite food is chocolate. For my birthday dessert (a familial tradition), I wanted chocolate flavoured cake with chocolate icing and chocolate-flavoured ice cream! Coming back to Choco, he's very cute and if he had a longer name, it would be Milk Chocolate because of his shell.

-Cappuccino. He was an unexpected snail, a bonus. Actually, the name comes from my father. He likes coffee very much, and since his shell (not my father's, my snail's) was dark brown, my father suggested me Cappuccino, and the name stayed. Once again, his name is ironic, I don't like coffee. His favorite passtime is to be on the top, close to the lid.

-Marble. He's another unexpected one, a toilet paper eater. He was the only brown snail with a line, so I thought about Marble because of marbled cake (a bicolored cake). It definitely fits him, and he doesn't have an ironic name either (for once!). He's so cute!

Cepaea hortensis

-Lemon. I've found him in the wild. He has a very special shell, it looks like it's reflecting light! It reminded me of lemon pulp, so that's where the name comes from. His name is ironic too, I don't like lemons either! I know, I'm weird! Anyway, Lemon is a very active snail, and his pale body is amazing!

Unconfirmed Cepaea (yet)

-Cupcake. He was found in the wild, along with Lemon and Berry (I'll come back to her later). His red shell was so amazing! It reminded me of a cupcake with chocolate syrup on it, so his name was Cupcake. He's my second favorite. I thought he was a hortensis, but since his age line got black, I want to see him breed before saying his confirmed species.

-Berry. She was found in the wild and has a very special shell. In French, her name is "Baie des Champs". I initially wanted to call her "Baie", but since it confused my brother (he thought his name was a letter because in French, b sounds like bé), I took Baie des Champs. In English, it's Berry, because I didn't think Fieldberry was a good name.

You can share your snails' names, origins and descriptions if you want, it'll be fun!

Have a nice day!

seastar

[Phantom]

I love to name my snails with food too!

Here are my sweeties:

Lemon (Cepaea nemoralis)
My first snail, named Lemon because of his no-banded yellow shell. Somehow Lemon is the only snail which I call a 'he' yep I know I'm weird XD

Sunny (Cepaea hortensis)
My second snail, found with Lemon on an ivy patch. Pure yellow and no-banded like the warm and bright sunshine.

Candy (Cepaea nemoralis)
Candy is a beautiful five-banded yellow snail, and definitely a carrot lover

Unnamed Cepaea nemoralis
So this pink no-banded snail is looking for a nice name, if anyone have suggestions please let me know btw I always use names that relate to the Snail's color.

Unnamed and unconfirmed Cepaea
This is a unique snail, dark brownish rose with light cream bands, not sure if it's a nemoralis or a hortensis. Also looking for a name.

Chocolate (cornu aspersum)
Brown garden snails, its shell is gorgeous when wet.

Brownie (cornu aspersum)
Nearly the same as Chocolate, sometimes hard to tell them apart XD

Toffee (probably c. aspersum)
I think she's a cornu aspersum but I'm not sure, she's light golden brown and have slightly different patterns than the other garden snails.

That's it, sorry for the long post XD

[etana]

I too used to have a pale-bodied Cepaea named Lemon! She didn't wake up from hibernation last winter, but she was at least four years old already. Anyhow I'll only list currently living snails now.

My biggest snail, a fully grown Achatina achatina, is named Gaius after Gaius Baltar from Battlestar Galactica. This was my boyfriend's idea, he's named most of my snails in the past but lately I'm getting better at snail naming.

Then I have the group who are named after historical leaders/characters: Montezuma (Achatina achatina), Shaka (Achatina achatina, albino), Augustus (Archachatina marginata, leucistic), Julius (Archachatina marginata, albino), Brutus (Archachatina marginata, albino). My boyfriend named Montezuma because it was a funny name for an itty bitty tiger snail baby, I named the others except for Brutus who was named by my friend because I confused him with Julius.

My big, brown-footed, greyish-faced Archachatina marginata is called Eulalia, a name I chose. It's a reference to Jeeves & Wooster. Eulalia is also sometimes called Tokugawa (historical leader) when s/he sits on smaller snails. Usually I can easily decide on whether to call my snails he or she, but this one I'm unsure about, lol. Eulalia is a lady name, Tokugawa was a man. Oh well, with hermaphrodite snails that's quite okay, and I most often use Eulalia/he. (lol)

Then there's Darius, my all time biggest Archachatina marginata, who's leucistic. Darius was a historical leader as well but the snail is actually named after the character from the TV show Chance. I think I chose the name.

My biggest Achatina fulica rodatzi is Aimo after Aimo Taleva, a painter. Again my boyfriend's idea.

My two Achatina balteata are called Mauno and Maija. Mauno was my first A. balteata. My boyfriend chose a name that sounded important and beautiful, and it's also a name of a former Finnish president. Maija got the name just so they'd sound nice together with Mauno.

Those are the ones I can think of right now.

[seastar]

Thanks for sharing! It's so cool!

For the name ideas, for the pink one, I thought about suggesting Cotton Candy at first, but you already have a snail called Candy, so... Maybe Strawberry? For the other one, maybe Ice Cream would be nice?

Wow! Lemon seems to be a popular name!

Have a nice day!

seastar

[tigersnail]

This is a great idea! My snails have some weird names, most of them relate to where I found them so it is easier to keep track of them in my records.
Cepaea nemoralis:
Hobiecat (a little sail boat, or "snail boat" because the snails shell is fat and squat)
Willowcat (a type of small catfish, but I thought willow is a nice calm name for a snail)
Ducat (a gold coin, and also short for Ducati like the motorcycles because this snail is fast!)
Hepcat (a stylish cool name for a cool looking snail) All the snails with "cat" in their name were found in the same place.
Grey (named after the place I found the snail, Grey's Creek)
Corn 1, Corn 2, and Corn 3 (named after the place I found them, Cornwall)
Tomato and Starfish (snails I will soon be receiving from seastar and I'm so excited! Tomato was named by their brother and Starfish is named after seastar)
Anguispira alternata:
Woods (like Tiger Woods, since it's a flamed tigersnail)
Succinea putris:
Birch and Bark (found these two flipping birch bark as you may have guessed)
Neohelix albolabris:
My whitelip snail that recently died was named Forks because one of his eyestalks divided in two
I'll probably have even more snails soon, so I'll update this when I do

[Phantom]

Just found the perfect name for my pink nemoralis: Peach

[seastar]

That's great Phantom!

tigersnail WOW. You really named one of your snails after me? That's so nice, thank you!

[Cashell]

Wow, lots of interesting stories here! 🐌📖

[mutantboy]

I have two fulica. The wild coloured one is D'Artagnan, named after the demogorgon from Stranger Things, which is named after the character from The Three Musketeers. The white jade is called Casper, as in Casper the friendly ghost.

[Elesari]

My albino Retic is named Max Snailmann, it's a play on the name Max Spielmann.

[seastar]

I had to do research on Max Spielmann! I had no idea what it was!
I also had to do research on Stranger things, I didn't know what it was either!
At least, I knew Casper!