I guess it doesn't really matter... they are what they are. I would be curious to know, though, so I can learn more about them. I find pretty much everything fascinating. I know they're common, but common ≠ boring. 
"donkey ear" pond snail ID?
- Thread starter cellodaisy
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Hmm, now I'm not sure about mine. I got one out a few minutes ago and snapped some pics. It still definitely looks different from yours.
Sounguru
Guru at being an expert
If you're referring to mine, the confusion is which particular species of pond snail. Same difficulty as cellodaisy is having. Mine are about 0.75"(2cm), so they're fairly good sized snails.
I think the dextral shell gave it away long before the antenna did.
...paper, is that one taken from the wild, or did it come in as a hitchhiker?
...paper, is that one taken from the wild, or did it come in as a hitchhiker?
Sounguru
Guru at being an expert
Hitchhiker. A few months ago I dumped excess hornwort from my 75g into my dad's watergarden. All I can figure is the snails were outcompeted for food in the 75 by the ramshorns and mts (they decimated my bladder snail population), and that's why I don't have any in there.
Sorry to hijack your thread cellodaisy.
The shell too but I always look at the antenna first.....
Give it up for minute details!
Could be Stagnicola elodes. I don't think it's all that common in the aquarium hobby, but it is ocassionaly marketed as a snail for ponds. It can also be found in the wild in the US.. which pretty much makes my previous question of where you got them rather pointless.
Hijacking threads makes the world go 'round.
...cello's question was *sorta* answer, so she can't be *too* mad.
Hmm, I looked the stagnicolas up, looks fairly similar. I just can't really tell for sure, mine look a little larger in the last whirl. I did find several reference pages online:
http://www.mnwhep.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/snail_presentation_6_06_ppt.pdf
Very nice pictorial guide to snail IDs
http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Projects/Aquatic_Invertebrates/image.php?path=Images/PK_LYMNAEIDAE.jpg
Nice little lymnaea chart
http://www.tpr.alberta.ca/parks/heritageinfocentre/docs/mollusc_report_colin_cornwall.pdf
this one has comparative pics halfway down.
http://www.mnwhep.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/snail_presentation_6_06_ppt.pdf
Very nice pictorial guide to snail IDs
http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Projects/Aquatic_Invertebrates/image.php?path=Images/PK_LYMNAEIDAE.jpg
Nice little lymnaea chart
http://www.tpr.alberta.ca/parks/heritageinfocentre/docs/mollusc_report_colin_cornwall.pdf
this one has comparative pics halfway down.
