Kevin
Archachatina dimidiata
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Post by Kevin on Feb 5, 2006 21:11:00 GMT
Any idea's what these snails may be? I havent any info on whether they're captive bred or wild caught yet, so dont know where they're found in the wild.
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Arno
Archachatina puylaerti
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Post by Arno on Feb 5, 2006 21:41:11 GMT
Don't look like fulica to me(to start with the obvious).As always we need to see the columella. The shell on the third photo looks very atypical to me and more like a growth deformity.
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Kevin
Archachatina dimidiata
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Post by Kevin on Feb 5, 2006 21:48:58 GMT
Been sent a picture of they're columella colour, im told they all have the same colour columella, blue-white. Im not sure whether the last picture in my first post is an Achatina or Archachatina? the apex looks blunt.
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LisaLQ
Archachatina papyracea
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Post by LisaLQ on Feb 6, 2006 0:16:16 GMT
Sorry no idea - but awww @ the little babies ;D
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Post by sezzy5889 on Feb 6, 2006 8:42:30 GMT
the snail in the last pic is the same species as my unknown ones, the others i don't know, i am pretty sure they are fulica
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Post by Paul on Feb 6, 2006 17:39:05 GMT
The could well be fulica. What strikes me as unusual is the thin blue/black inner edge to the lip. Not sure what this means because they look like Achatinas, except for the long thing one which looks like a South African Archachatina.
What size are they?
At the moment, due to the fact they look like Achatinas and they have a blue columella, I'm going for fulica. But that needs checking, there are no doubt many Achatina with white columellas, perhaps they can also have a bluish tint. I'll have a look for you out of the ones I know about.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2006 17:48:36 GMT
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Post by sezzy5889 on Feb 6, 2006 17:57:34 GMT
if you look closely you can tell the one on conchological studies have a broken apex and the one above doesn't
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Kevin
Archachatina dimidiata
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Post by Kevin on Feb 6, 2006 18:40:42 GMT
The could well be fulica. What strikes me as unusual is the thin blue/black inner edge to the lip. Not sure what this means because they look like Achatinas, except for the long thing one which looks like a South African Archachatina. What size are they? At the moment, due to the fact they look like Achatinas and they have a blue columella, I'm going for fulica. But that needs checking, there are no doubt many Achatina with white columellas, perhaps they can also have a bluish tint. I'll have a look for you out of the ones I know about. I'll find out how big they are.
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