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Post by Guest on Dec 5, 2006 22:39:54 GMT
okay.. well, i got a SP several weeks ago... its about 2 month old... maybe less... around an inch in size... but i dont know what a SP is to be honest.
im also getting a immaculata panthera soon and yes i read the big thread about not keeping them with any other speices.
anyways, what i wnated ot know was the basic information about sp's, what does sp stand for, what size do they grow to, any dietary specifics..ect.
thnk you for any help.
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Kevin
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Post by Kevin on Dec 5, 2006 22:46:04 GMT
sp' stands for "species" its used when the full name of the snail is unknown, but the genus is known, i.e. Achatina sp, Archachatina sp etc.. do you have any pictures of your snail? i would think your snail may be a Achatina fulica, but im sure someone could identify it from a picture.
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marco
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Post by marco on Dec 6, 2006 15:25:54 GMT
hi, im the person that originally posted this, i thought i was logged in but alas i wasnt, erm, ill try and post some pictures of him up tonight, its a mottled coloured shell... with length ways strips of brown colours, and running all the way along the shell is a consistent line of dark brown dots. the flesh is a pale coffee colour but has a very dark brown strip on the top of the flesh. head is alos dark brown. does that help at all?
P.S i also jus nread the sticky on keeping snails in groups and i want to get him a freind( of the same species).
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marco
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Post by marco on Dec 6, 2006 20:58:21 GMT
right well these are the pcitures i took...   any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated, thanks. |
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Kevin
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Post by Kevin on Dec 6, 2006 21:54:41 GMT
I think its an Achatina fulica.
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marco
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Post by marco on Dec 6, 2006 22:05:30 GMT
really?
seems a bit dull for fulcia and the dotted line pattern looks a bit out oif place.. correct me if am wrong.. but yeah.. im kinda thinking that too now.. its just the dotted line thats making me wonder..
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Kevin
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Post by Kevin on Dec 6, 2006 22:11:43 GMT
really? seems a bit dull for fulcia and the dotted line pattern looks a bit out oif place.. correct me if am wrong.. but yeah.. im kinda thinking that too now.. its just the dotted line thats making me wonder.. shell pattern, or colour is usually not a reliable way of identifying snails, its definitly an Achatina species, it doesnt look to be immaculata, and the fact that fulica are so variable makes me think that its fulica, what colour is the columella? if its white or blueish white its definitly fulica, this is the columella  |
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LisaLQ
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Post by LisaLQ on Dec 7, 2006 1:08:24 GMT
It looks like it's only a baby, and baby fulicas have spots and stripes, so it probably is one  |
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marco
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Post by marco on Dec 7, 2006 9:49:29 GMT
just got him out to check, its a light brown but the flesh has grown over it, does light brown count as white?
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Kevin
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Post by Kevin on Dec 7, 2006 10:11:28 GMT
just got him out to check, its a light brown but the flesh has grown over it, does light brown count as white? you should be able to gently push the snails body back a little bit to see the columella colour, its normal for the snails body to cover it. |
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marco
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Post by marco on Dec 7, 2006 19:39:23 GMT
jus got your message but hes too active at the meoemnt, ill have to wait till he falls sleep. though from the breif few seconds i did see, it looked a little dark in hue... not sure thou, ill check later.
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marco
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Post by marco on Dec 7, 2006 21:48:26 GMT
ok i checked and its white, so its a fulcia, woo, i have a fulcia  |
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