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Post by brgwnth on Jun 27, 2008 11:17:56 GMT
there are some snails in my local petshop that have creamy white shells. they are the size of Limicolaria Flammea but they have no stripes.
Any ideas? :S soon hopefully because i might buy one tomorrow ;D
best regards,
Taz ;D
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Post by eric2 on Jun 27, 2008 11:19:20 GMT
you can get plain shelled limis if they have a black stripe down their neck it will confirm they are limis
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Post by brgwnth on Jun 27, 2008 11:21:50 GMT
i haven't yet seen their bodies but i will have a look ;D
best regards,
Taz ;D
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Post by Kevin on Jun 27, 2008 11:22:01 GMT
they could also be Achatina iredalei. As well as the stripe down the body, Limicolaria has a non-truncated columella, shown on the right here,  (taken from the petsnails mainsite) |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2008 12:02:04 GMT
what does truncated columella actually mean? am i right in thinking its the bit at the bottom which ends abruptly?  ? |
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Post by Kevin on Jun 27, 2008 12:53:16 GMT
yeah its that part of the shell, also just above where youve circled it, you can see its different in the Limicolaria shell.
Some Achatina species also have a non truncated columella though, I think fulgurata does? also some fulica can have it.
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Post by keira on Jun 27, 2008 16:17:16 GMT
hi all
i have the Achatina iredalei, african snow snails and their shells are completly white no lines or colour at all, you can see the body parts through the shell lol
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Post by brgwnth on Jun 27, 2008 17:25:02 GMT
No they are only about 6cm long at the moment. and it has no pigment in it's shell.
best regards,
Taz ;D
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Post by Kevin on Jun 27, 2008 18:59:13 GMT
at around 6cm it would be a large adult Limicolaria, or most likely an adult iredalei as they rarely get much larger than that.
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Post by brgwnth on Jun 28, 2008 11:06:48 GMT
it dosent have any pigment in it's shell though.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2008 19:27:37 GMT
did you get these?
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Post by brgwnth on Aug 8, 2008 21:14:11 GMT
no unfortunately the IDIOTS that own the shop kept all the snails together and they bred so they had to get rid of them
got Zulu instead! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2008 21:51:32 GMT
what do u mean got rid of them?
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Post by fabrizio on Aug 16, 2010 19:35:51 GMT
@ Keira:
what are "african snow snails"?
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