Mystery Snail Anatomy

Mystery snails come in a wide range of colors. I have a 5 month old beautiful orange mystery snail that has grown to the size of a large golf ball.

Mystery Snail Care Diet Feeding Shell Size Tankmates

Tanked shared with 3 guppies 2 yellow striking angels each is 1 12 inch long a male female dwarf gourami.

Mystery snail anatomy. The most popular are the black or brown gold and ivory variants. Mystery snails also obtain a siphon which is a small tube like feature used to breathe air. These snails possess the ability to regenerate the eye completely after amputation through the mid eyestalk.

The male snail climbs on top of another snail not always a female and moves its head directly to the right side of the other snails vent. This in fact is simply a male snail mounting another. Blue black gold and purple.

These colors will add a nice touch to your freshwater tank. Often what happens is people buy a couple of mystery snails then panic when they see what they think is the snails fighting or attacking one another. Body parts of a mystery snail the visible parts are the shell foot head and the part which distinguishes all apple snails the shell door operculum except in the pilla their door calcifies at the inside.

The shells come in solid to banded to a gradient color and the bright almost white head and foot color add a pop of color. His body is a cluster of peculiarities and surprising data not found in other animals. Mystery snails are among the largest freshwater snails in the hobby growing to a maximum diameter of 2 inches or more.

Shes in a 20 gal. Most of us recognize snails by their spiral shell but this is not the only interesting thing about them. Apple snails possess structurally complex eyes at the tip of a cephalic eyestalk.

Most of the mystery snails we ship out are very young and range from ½ to 1 inch in diameter. They are born with both gills and lungs. They all get along fine.

Some specimens may stay around 1 to 1 ¼ inches in diameter. Basic land snail anatomy the anatomy of a land snail is very different from most animals.

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