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Post by section8angel on Sept 22, 2005 16:59:12 GMT
Ooooo whenever you find more, get me one please  lol Any funky coloured ones will do lol |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Sept 22, 2005 17:09:59 GMT
you need a pic of a live one really to see if they have the V shape too
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Post by anjieburdett on Sept 22, 2005 17:21:48 GMT
The 'V' butt thing won't tell us much in this case - just that he's an Archachatina and we already figured that one out.
Anjie,x.
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Post by sezzy5889 on Sept 22, 2005 17:29:03 GMT
tigers have it though and they are Achatina
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Post by anjieburdett on Sept 22, 2005 18:08:19 GMT
Tigers are an exception. We know Chubbs is Archachatina, he's soo margie like and nothing like a tiger. But everything else points to him being Purpurea, the retuculations, the fat round shape of his shell, the pink columella - and they originate from Ghana! Same as the tigers he was found amongst.
Anjie,x.
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Post by eric2 on Sept 22, 2005 18:12:20 GMT
OMG Anjie you are soo lucky................of course u could send him to me (i know im a dreamer lol) eric |
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Post by anjieburdett on Sept 22, 2005 18:14:26 GMT
Yes Eric lol Dream on!! Chubbs is the lucky one - he could have been eaten by now    |
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Post by natrat84 on Sept 22, 2005 19:16:51 GMT
Yayyyyy That is SO like chubbs, especially the other pictures of them on ur what site was it? Mike???!!! Wow hes special ;D Your a very lucky girl Anjie ;D Nat  |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Sept 22, 2005 20:56:58 GMT
shame no ones got a mate for him though, maybe you'll just have to keep going to Brixton and see if you can find one
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Post by Stacey on Sept 22, 2005 21:41:45 GMT
he's gorgeous, i seen him when you posted a pic on cybersnail  I wish I could find any kind of snail at a market near me, he's great. lol |
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Post by Paul on Sept 23, 2005 1:26:52 GMT
Yep, that's bang on isn't it! Makes perfect sense as the 2 do get mistaken apparently. Nice to see a purpurea shell.
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Post by eric2 on Sept 26, 2005 19:27:05 GMT
im not promising anything anjie but i will have a word with my local petshop and see if they can order any in or i might make it easier and get them to do a list of what species they can get, why didnt i think of that before
eric
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2005 9:48:23 GMT
make sure he looks in the right country (ghana)
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Post by Paul on Sept 28, 2005 14:01:42 GMT
Anjie, how big is he? I read through Bequaert last night and he says "true" purpurea never exceed 10 cm. There is another possibility and that is Archachatina ventricosa var. speculatum which sounds very similar and can exceed 10cm.
"The solid, ovate-conic shell is between olive-ochre and honey-yellow, with straight, wildly spaced, brown and light brownish olive streaks, the spire whitish to pale brown with darker brown irregular streaks, apex whitish...Suture with a rather weakly defined margination. Surface closely granulose, the granules in spiral lines and superposed in the irregular axial wrinkles....The aperture is ovate, pale vinaceous-pink within, somewhat darker within the lip edge. Columella and parietal callous vinaceous with a darker outer edge"
Personally I think it is a purpurea (shape, texture, color) but as these purple-mouthed snails are so readily mistaken I thought it'd be worth posting that. Purpurea are meant to have a reddish spire as in yours but the pics from Achatinidae.com don't so that leads me to suspect that it is probably a variable feature and could be for speculatum, as this is the only feature I can see different from ventricosa speculatum (from what I have read anyway).
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Post by anjieburdett on Sept 28, 2005 14:21:26 GMT
He IS 10cm shell length - well, just a few mm under anyway.
We'll have to see if he grows anymore won't we - he hasn't grown any since i've had him.
Anjie,x.
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Post by Arno on Sept 28, 2005 14:24:20 GMT
The only problem with it being a ventricosa would be the distribution of that species(Sierra Leone)
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Post by anjieburdett on Sept 28, 2005 14:26:54 GMT
Where's Sierra Leone? (sorry i'm a geographic thicky!! lol)
Anjie,x.
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Post by apple on Sept 28, 2005 14:29:36 GMT
It is in tropical West Africa, near Liberia.
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Post by Paul on Sept 28, 2005 14:31:53 GMT
Bequaert says Sierra Leone, Liberia etc, exactly the same as purpurea. Also, it seems the purple-mouthed species, all live in the same areas and easily get mixed up.
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Post by anjieburdett on Sept 28, 2005 14:52:27 GMT
Paul - that description you just posted...was it for Ventricosa or Purpurea?
The inside of Chubbs shell lip looks quite dark purple in colour but its soo hard to see - he's always out and i don't want to push the mantel back too far incase i hurt him.
Anjie,x.
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Post by Paul on Sept 28, 2005 17:39:19 GMT
That was for Archachatina ventricosa var. speculatum.
The two seem very similar and frequently get mixed up. A lot of purpurea examples cited by other malacologists historically, turned out to be ventricosa var. speculatum.
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Post by Arno on Sept 28, 2005 18:00:43 GMT
Paul do you have more detailed info on the distribution of purpurea and ventricosa?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2005 13:31:53 GMT
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Post by anjieburdett on Sept 29, 2005 15:43:49 GMT
That DOES look EXACTLY like Chubbs shell! I wonder if the inside of his shell is that pink?? Got any pics of live ones Mikey?
Anjie,x.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2005 15:52:12 GMT
well no but just assume its similar to ventricosa. and ventricosa's body looks a similar shade to chubb's
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