daniele
Achatina immaculata
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Post by daniele on Nov 29, 2019 11:21:02 GMT
Goodmorning, I think these guys are now old enough to get a correct identification... this is Xiaodu, I think should be an aspersum, but in fact the shell is very particular with all these dots! this is mucchina (in the pics with the two snails she is the smaller one riding the other), I think she is a Cantareus Apertus, as when young her shell was green, also she eats a really crazy amount of food, not comparable to any other snail I've seen, and I've read that this endless hunger is a feature of Cantareus Apertus.. Also another thing that makes me think so, is the light mark that she has on her shell.. On the other hand, she never tried to bury herself, and prefer to climb instead, and that s strange as I know that they love to spend buried most of their time! this cute guy is Lao and she's the last arrived. I think by her shell she's a Cornu aspersum too! So what do you think these are? Im not so expert so I dont know!
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Post by Liguus on Nov 29, 2019 15:11:02 GMT
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Post by snerdahmik on Nov 30, 2019 7:13:42 GMT
Are you sure the snail in the first picture is an aspersum? They commented the same picture on one of my posts and I was a bit stumped, because I'd never seen an aspersa with speckles rather than bands.
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Post by snerdahmik on Nov 30, 2019 7:24:53 GMT
Cantareus Aspersus is the same species as Cornu Aspersum, which is what they are called now. The 2nd snail is definitely an aspersum, I'm still unsure about the first snail shown.
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Post by wolf on Nov 30, 2019 10:51:18 GMT
Hi, sorry, but as far as I remember, daniele talked about "Cantareus apertus", not about "Cantareus aspersus" (the second word is always written in lower case). Cantareus apertus and Cantareus aspersus (= Cornu aspersum) are definitely different species. Kind regards: wolf
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Post by Liguus on Nov 30, 2019 15:03:19 GMT
The original post said "I think she is a Cantareus Apertus, as when young her shell was green"
Helix aperta/Cantareus apertus refers to a different species commonly called the "Green garden snail". It isn't one of those though.
The first picture also falls well into the variation of young Cornu aspersum who can have more faint coloration on their shells in addition to the varied individual morphology.
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daniele
Achatina immaculata
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Post by daniele on Dec 2, 2019 11:59:29 GMT
That's awesome! so they'll all be very good friends I hope! also I planned to release her when thinking she was a Cantareus apertus, since i read that these snails don't really like to be in captivity..instead like this i can keep them all together! also , btw, I'll have a lot of eggs!!
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daniele
Achatina immaculata
Posts: 245
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Post by daniele on Dec 2, 2019 12:03:01 GMT
Hi, sorry, but as far as I remember, daniele talked about "Cantareus apertus", not about "Cantareus aspersus" (the second word is always written in lower case). Cantareus apertus and Cantareus aspersus (= Cornu aspersum) are definitely different species. Kind regards: wolf
Yes indeed, and I was thinking it not only because of greenish shell, but also some behaviours, like the amount of food she eats, but at this point I think she's just a very hungry Cornu aspersum/Helix aspersa. Also recently stripes are appearing, I'll post a new pic when they ll be very clear!
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