teresa
Achatina fulica
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Post by teresa on Mar 25, 2006 23:37:19 GMT
can someone tell me what a achatina sp looks like or what sp means .
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Post by eric2 on Mar 25, 2006 23:37:55 GMT
to my knowledge it means unknown species
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teresa
Achatina fulica
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Post by teresa on Mar 25, 2006 23:41:23 GMT
i have been offered some for 12.00 each but dont know what i will get if i bye them i dont want to end up with achatina fulica, i hoped someone else would know before i get them
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teresa
Achatina fulica
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Post by teresa on Mar 25, 2006 23:44:39 GMT
sorry they are 12.95 each and they are west african achatina sp
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Post by eric2 on Mar 25, 2006 23:45:39 GMT
if u can get pics that would b best
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teresa
Achatina fulica
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Post by teresa on Mar 25, 2006 23:49:42 GMT
i cant they are selling them at mark is selling them at dartfrog.co.uk but there are no pics i emailed him and he told me what he can get to order
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teresa
Achatina fulica
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Post by teresa on Mar 26, 2006 0:24:33 GMT
thanks eric i have asked him for a pic so i will have to wait and see
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 26, 2006 13:26:50 GMT
people just put achatina sp, when they don't know the name, just be careful you could be spending lots of money on just fulica  |
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teresa
Achatina fulica
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Post by teresa on Mar 26, 2006 20:49:53 GMT
ok thankyou i will not buy unless i get a pic to see different
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teresa
Achatina fulica
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Post by teresa on Mar 26, 2006 22:05:12 GMT
here are some pics can anyone tell me what they are   |
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LisaLQ
Archachatina papyracea
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Post by LisaLQ on Mar 27, 2006 2:11:20 GMT
The bottom one looks like a margie to me. Dunno about top one  |
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Post by Paul on Mar 27, 2006 2:18:18 GMT
That's odd, the first picture is a picture of one of Timm Adam's snails, I had some correspondence with him about that exact snail and the upshot was that we think it is an immaculata or what would have been called a panthera. It has all the traits but without inspecting the shell under magnification, I couldn't be sure. So, if they are selling that species, and it isn't just a picture cribbed because they look similar, they're not West African. They are East African in origin but have spread down the east coast to South Africa.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Mar 27, 2006 8:45:51 GMT
Yeah the top pic is an immaculata sp, and the bottom a marginata, probably ovum  |
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teresa
Achatina fulica
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Post by teresa on Mar 27, 2006 10:20:13 GMT
he said thats the pics his supplier sent him of the snails, i thought the bottom one was a margie but the top one looked a bit rough, his shell i mean ,and i dont think he really knows what he is selling,if he has cribbed the pics i am no better of knowing what i will get i think i will give it a miss lol
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2006 10:56:25 GMT
Yes they have taken the pictures from somewhere else. I hate it when people do that. I wouldn't bother with them.
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teresa
Achatina fulica
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Post by teresa on Mar 27, 2006 11:15:40 GMT
no i will not buy them now thanks everyone for your help
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