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Post by magdalenak on Jul 26, 2010 23:28:17 GMT
So I went to IKEA today to do some shopping with my Mama and she picks a plant and notices a tiny little snail on it!  I picked it up and put it in my shirt pocket, although it looked like it was all dried up and empty inside, but I know snails seal themselves up sometimes, so when I got home I put him in a little contained with a moist napkin, 5 min later I come back and I could see his little tentacles! he's no bigger than 2 mm. Can anyone tell me what species this is, or is it too little still to tell? Thanks so much!!!  Attachments:
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Post by fabrizio on Jul 27, 2010 13:05:05 GMT
Hello Magdalenak  your Teddy could be quite likely a Succinea sp., (or a member of Succineidae, the so-called "amber snails"), and they are quite often found as "intruse" in nursery plants... It's really too small to identify, I believe; but within 2-3 months he could have been grown enough, for enabling us to a better attempt. Keep in humid environment, and they usually like to have a shallow small pond (a few mm water depth are enough). Best wishes! |
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Post by 101100101111 on Jul 27, 2010 13:15:14 GMT
wow that's great! it will be interesting to see if when he's big enough to identify, whether he is a british snail or imported from another country; maybe even Sweden if he was from IKEA!  |
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Post by coyote on Jul 27, 2010 15:01:09 GMT
It looks like a Succinea putris to me too, but it's best to wait until it's grown some more to be sure.
The Ikea store probably contracts with a local horticultural wholesaler for plants, so I doubt the snail itself is from Sweden. There are laws restricting what kind of plant materials can be imported, and I'm sure it's easier just to contract with a local source for plants.
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Post by fabrizio on Jul 27, 2010 15:45:55 GMT
If it's Succinea putris it's easy it has appeared, as this species does lives in most of Central/Northern Europe... it could be from Sweden as well as -more likely- from England, as Coyote suggests..
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Post by magdalenak on Jul 27, 2010 19:32:33 GMT
thanks everyone! what size do they generally get? I heard they only live 12 to 17 months  |
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Post by Schnäggli on Sept 16, 2010 13:35:28 GMT
Any updates? By now he should have grown a lil bit and that would make it easier to confirm the identification... |
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Post by gasmaskman on Oct 16, 2010 13:32:12 GMT
Hes so cute. :3
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Post by Neo53 on Oct 17, 2010 20:43:35 GMT
Would be interesting to see! Pictures pictures! |
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Post by pickalilly on Mar 30, 2011 18:53:12 GMT
Hi - please excuse me if I am very wrong, but he could be a baby Helix Aspersa. All my hatchlings looked just like your little one; but he is too miniature to really tell.
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Post by coyote on Mar 30, 2011 20:00:46 GMT
The body whorl looks way too big in relation to the rest of the shell to be an aspersa.
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Post by parsleyandwoof on Apr 29, 2011 21:19:03 GMT
I would wait a few weeks. Could you show us a close up of the shell?
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Post by Robert Nordsieck on May 18, 2011 11:41:59 GMT
As coyote says: This cannot be an aspersa: Those are round, this one is long. Fabrizio, the Italian snail-master, is of course right |
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Post by magdalenak on Aug 20, 2011 17:45:12 GMT
Unfortunately, Teddy ended up dying a couple months ago  I think he just had a rough begining being shipped all over the place. However, this week at my grandmothers, we found a bunch of little snails near the mossy rocky part of her yard and they look really similar to what Teddy looked like. What do you guys think? Attachments:
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Post by coyote on Aug 22, 2011 4:00:43 GMT
I'm so sorry for your loss. Rest in peace, Teddy.
The pic of the new snail looks very much like Teddy, and it's probably the same species. Are you going to keep it?
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Post by magdalenak on Aug 24, 2011 20:44:33 GMT
I think my Mom and my little borther will keep a couple of them, he said he wanted to try keeping snails! There are about 6 of them in the cage, and there are already several egg sacks (clear and bumpy)- I wonder how long it will take them to hatch?
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Post by coyote on Aug 25, 2011 21:22:26 GMT
My best guess: if conditions are optimal, hatching might take place in 2 or 3 weeks.
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I picked it up and put it in my shirt pocket, although it looked like it was all dried up and empty inside, but I know snails seal themselves up sometimes, so when I got home I put him in a little contained with a moist napkin, 5 min later I come back and I could see his little tentacles! he's no bigger than 2 mm. Can anyone tell me what species this is, or is it too little still to tell? Thanks so much!!! 
I think he just had a rough begining being shipped all over the place. However, this week at my grandmothers, we found a bunch of little snails near the mossy rocky part of her yard and they look really similar to what Teddy looked like. What do you guys think?