Unknown Snail

S-Bear

S-Bear

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I found a snail in my ten gal. tank, which seems to have hitchhiked with my new plant. The snail is very small, with what appears to be a shell. The color of the snail is dark brown with what appears to be white or yellow spots on this so called shell. I checked on liveaquaria.com but could not find a match.

If you could please help me that would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,
S-Bear
 
S-Bear said:
I found a snail in my ten gal. tank, which seems to have hitchhiked with my new plant. The snail is very small, with what appears to be a shell. The color of the snail is dark brown with what appears to be white or yellow spots on this so called shell. I checked on liveaquaria.com but could not find a match.

If you could please help me that would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance,
S-Bear
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Well, snails are typically characterized by possession of an external shell.

Can you provide an image? From your description, your hitchhiker could be either a "pond snail" (Physa spp.) or a "ramshorn snail" (Planorbis spp.).

How similar is it to the specimen depicted on the linked page?
 
Thank you for your advice. After looking at the link you provided me I have concluded that the snail is indeed a pond snail. Thank you very much.
 
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