The punk snail and its friend

[Robert Nordsieck]

Hi everybody,

as of today, there are two new snail species on my page:

The ciliate snail (Ciliella ciliata), aka. the punk snail, and the little whirlpool ram's horn snail (Anisus vorticulus) (that is one English vernacular name I like!), German mollusc of the year 2011, a small, very flat (shell height only about 0.5 to 0.8 mm) relative of ram's horn snails.

Cordial regards
Robert

[coyote]

I can see how the punk snail got its name! ;D Excellent information and great pics, as always, Robert. Thanks for the links.

[ness]

I'm looking forward to sitting down properly and going through your latest links. I always enjoy reading your pages. I've got some spare time tomorrow so I plan on reading them then

[Robert Nordsieck]

Good morning,

coyote: Thank you very much. The pictures, however, are not mine, but the ram's horn snail pictures are by the malacologist Ira Richling (also check her homepage www.helicina.de, there are very fine pictures of Costa Rican land snails on her gallery - Helicina are the land living relatives of nerites, like Theodoxus), and the punk snail pictures are by Stefan Haller from Switzerland. He made a snail photography page arranged by the colours of snails, an idea which I like especially much.

ness: Thank you kindly, your friendly feedback is always very much appreciated!

The little whirlpool ram's horn snail also lives in England, in slow moving parts of rivers and ponds. And it is threatened here as well as in Germany and Austria by eutrophication and river regulation.

Kind regards
Robert

[coyote]

Thanks for those other links, there are some stunning pics on both sites.