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Post by Paul on Aug 16, 2005 21:00:43 GMT
Bolton is here: The blue circle is where I live, pretty handy coz I'm smack in the middle of all the major towns and cities, including Liverpool which you can't see on there. Trouble with that is that I live in Urban sprawl.
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Post by Paul on Aug 16, 2005 20:54:52 GMT
I need to get a better look at his catalog, so I can crib the details. If I am successful with these snails, I'm not looking forward to distributing babies, with only 2 eggs per clutch, it's gonna take a long time and how do I decide who gets them? I'm obviously keeping some, but I hope they keep laying.
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Post by Paul on Aug 16, 2005 20:40:07 GMT
I did ask them to try and get me some more. But they didn't sound impressed with the supplier. But someone in this country has more of these, he basically said he only took 2 because he wasn't sure they'd sell. Ages ago I phoned this bloke about fulica, he had a right moan to me about how they ate him out of house and home, so he's a little down on snails.
He does have my number and I'm expecting a call should any more snails arrive. I'll go and get them should any materialise.
One thing though, it seems reasonabe to assume his supplier sells to other shops. Virginia Cheeseman sells the slugs he had, and some other barbados snails. Kevin, where did you get your Zachrysia? He sold me those. If we can locate someone else he supplies to we're laughing.
Also, it'd be nice to locate the seller himself, so we can buy direct.
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Post by Paul on Aug 16, 2005 19:27:30 GMT
Picture update. Thought I'd take the opportunity to get a snap of their mouths as they're eating!:
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Post by Paul on Aug 9, 2005 4:13:37 GMT
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Post by Paul on Aug 9, 2005 3:21:05 GMT
Mike, the suppliers has them listed as Bulimulus spp. I wondered exactly like you, the shell pic I linked to is very similar and that is a Megalobulimulus. However, I can find no mention of Megalobulimus snails in Barbados and a number of sites have my exact snails pictured and listed as Bulimulus. However, after speaking to a few of these exporters they told me that there has yet to be a study of land snails in Barbados or at least the local authorities have never heard of any. So in fact, it is possible they are Megalobulimus. When I look at other Bulimulus they look less like mine than Megalobulimus do.
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Post by Paul on Aug 8, 2005 10:31:43 GMT
Yeah, they were complaining about the Barbados supplier when I went. I bet the Nigerian ones are tigers. I got mine before Anjie got the tigers so I told them to get some in, coz they'd have no trouble selling them. I noticed them on their list. Whoops!! I'll keep my eye on them, they have my phone number, so if they get a good few in, I'll go down to check them out and get whatever I think is worth getting.
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Post by Paul on Jul 24, 2005 9:22:45 GMT
by all means, lets hope they lay eggs, no signs yet.
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Post by Paul on Jul 1, 2005 7:01:53 GMT
no worries on the baby front, this thread can be the request list Hope it isn't too soon thought coz I'm exhausted from sending out so many snails Just joking, it'd be nice to have some success. So far they don't seem interested in much food. Lettuce goes down well, and a little apple and banana. They are very secretive and nearly completely nocturnal, spending daytime, burrowed as deep as they can. They have fairly flat bodeis, not quite the fullness or shape of African ones. And they don't have much suction at all, the main power coming further down the foot than you would expect.
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Post by Paul on Jun 28, 2005 4:10:43 GMT
I looked through the Bulimidae section and I couldn't find anything. But on the Megalobulimidae section there is this: which looks like it. But I think Megalobulimidae are confined to South America.
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Post by Paul on Jun 27, 2005 5:26:46 GMT
The camera I use has a macro function for taking ultra closeups. Without it, the pictures are very blurred. You set macro mode, click once to focus, then again to take the picture. I'm not particularly well up on cameras, but this is a few years old now so I imagine a lot of newer cameras have this function.
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Post by Paul on Jun 27, 2005 0:28:58 GMT
It's hard to show in photos but the lip really curls around and almost back on itself. In fact it is very like a U, (like you're seeing it typed). There was loads of soil in there that I had to clean out.
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Post by Paul on Jun 27, 2005 0:15:27 GMT
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Post by Paul on Jun 25, 2005 18:50:59 GMT
Hi,
If you're on the owned/wanted/available list and you want your list of snails to link to pictures, give me the URLs and I'll do it.
paul
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Post by Paul on Jun 23, 2005 3:46:18 GMT
Stunning pictures!!
It looks like they've all had a pillow fight, lol
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Post by Paul on Jul 21, 2005 14:57:27 GMT
Certainly,
The Nepionic whorls are the earliest whorls that are already formed when the snail hatches.
The granulations are the texture or sculpture which the photo has highlighted excellently. You'll notice for most species, it is invisible to the naked eye.
Dessucate means "crossed or intersected in the form of an X cross or intersect so as to form a cross"
So, it means, the criss-crossed texture on the baby shell whorls.
I was just practicing my malacology terms, lol.
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Post by Paul on Jun 23, 2005 14:11:07 GMT
tell me about it! What started as just getting a few has gone mad....
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Post by Paul on Jun 21, 2005 22:04:51 GMT
I wish
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Post by Paul on Jun 21, 2005 21:52:32 GMT
Anjie, my post did sound as stuffy as hell, lol. I just can't help keeping my eye out for pictures that could help explain things on the website.
Ceiron, I'm always looking for new pictures that I can use so that would be great. Would you mind me altering them as I see fit to fit them in, you'll still get a citation?
paul
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Post by Paul on Jun 21, 2005 21:38:21 GMT
Cracking pictures! I'd like to use some of them on the webisite if you don't mind.
I love how the camera, particularly on the 9th picture, has picked up the decussate granulations on the nepionic whorls that are typical of young tigers (according to Bequaert). Very nice.
paul
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Post by Paul on Jun 14, 2005 5:00:58 GMT
Gorgeous snails! Your baby margie looks just like mine. I was wondering if it is a ventricosa because it does look a little different to my adults but after seeing yours I'm leaning towards margie again. Your tiger is really striking, what incredible stripes. My fulica look tiger shaped, your fulica really has definition between curves. paul
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Tigers
Jun 11, 2005 15:02:36 GMT
Post by Paul on Jun 11, 2005 15:02:36 GMT
He'a fairly small, only about 13-14cm shell size. But he is gorgeous. The pictures don't really do justice to him. I need to get some better ones. I was just installing my new tank so I took the opportunity. The best shots were taken through the glass and they didn't come out very well More to follow.... paul
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Tigers
Jun 11, 2005 13:57:43 GMT
Post by Paul on Jun 11, 2005 13:57:43 GMT
Hi, I promised to post a few pictures of my tiger. Well, I managed to get a couple so here they are: paul
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Post by Paul on Jun 9, 2005 18:36:41 GMT
Nice to see them settled in, its a good picture too.
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Post by Paul on Nov 16, 2005 0:44:08 GMT
Personally I think they are probably degneri or some sort of margie.
I will try and get a picture of rhodostoma but that species is unlikely as they are quite slender.
My larger ventricosa is about 3/4 of full size so I'm hoping soon a coloured lip should start developing. I'm also gonna compare with some margies. The trouble is my 3 margies are all adults with worn shells and the eggs haven't hatched yet.
They could be a crossbreed but if that is the case, we haven't really got a hope of finding out.
I wish there was a definite "if it has this it's a.." with snails but that just isn't the case, it's all generalisms. I'm not saying they definitely aren't ventricosa or purpurea but it seems very unlikely to me.
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