What Kind Of Snail Is This ?

[tropicdragon]

I’ve tried looking all over the place to see if I can ID this little guy but I really haven’t found a snail that looks like him. Does anyone possibly have any idea what he could be ? He appeared after I put a plant in my tank a while ago.

 

[Dch48]

It almost looks like a garden snail. I've never seen an aquatic snail like that.

 

[tropicdragon]

It almost looks like a garden snail. I've never seen an aquatic snail like that.

I was starting to think that just now. Considering his eyes are on his stalks which is kinda different from the other aquatic snails in my tank. I am just at a loss how he ended up in my tank, haha.

 

[midna]

I dunno, but he's a cutie! does he stay out of the water? could be a terrestrial snail as Dch48 said. ELON MOLLUSK knows a lot about snails.

 

[Anders247]

That definitely looks like a terrestrial snail to me, doubt it's aquatic.

 

[ELON MOLLUSK]

That is definitely a terrestrial snail and it’s tiny so it’s hard to identify but if I had to guess I’d go with a common garden helix. What plant did you put in your tank and where did you remove it from?

 

[ELON MOLLUSK]

Check and see if he has a second set of stalks near his/her radula( mouth)

 

[ELON MOLLUSK]

If you want to keep it, which I would lol. Just make sure it stays cool and hydrated , you can get a tote and fill it with soil and throw in some leafy greens for it. Don’t put this in a plant that you like because it will snack on it. Awesome find !

 

[tropicdragon]

I dunno, but he's a cutie! does he stay out of the water? could be a terrestrial snail as Dch48 said. ELON MOLLUSK knows a lot about snails.

I’ve seen him in the water before. He used to be really small but he has grown quite a bit it seems!

That is definitely a terrestrial snail and it’s tiny so it’s hard to identify but if I had to guess I’d go with a common garden helix. What plant did you put in your tank and where did you remove it from?

I believe it was a Hemianthus Callitrichoides. I got it from an aquarium shop near here and it wasn’t really submerged in water so I’m wondering if somewhere along the line they got these little guys on their plants over there.

Check and see if he has a second set of stalks near his/her radula( mouth)

And yes he does!

If you want to keep it, which I would lol. Just make sure it stays cool and hydrated , you can get a tote and fill it with soil and throw in some leafy greens for it. Don’t put this in a plant that you like because it will snack on it. Awesome find !

So I should definitely move him out of the aquarium ? Right now he’s moving all over the top of the tank and I don’t want him to get hurt or lost somewhere, haha.

 

[ELON MOLLUSK]

I’ve seen him in the water before. He used to be really small but he has grown quite a bit it seems!



I believe it was a Hemianthus Callitrichoides. I got it from an aquarium shop near here and it wasn’t really submerged in water so I’m wondering if somewhere along the line they got these little guys on their plants over there.


And yes he does!


So I should definitely move him out of the aquarium ? Right now he’s moving all over the top of the tank and I don’t want him to get hurt or lost somewhere, haha.

Yeah it has probably been surviving off of leftovers on your tank lid, yeah I’d move it . Does it ever venture inside the actual tank? Obviously it wouldn’t go completely underwater but I mean like inside where ther is moisture but no water , where your water line stops.

 

[tropicdragon]

Yeah it has probably been surviving off of leftovers on your tank lid, yeah I’d move it . Does it ever venture inside the actual tank? Obviously it wouldn’t go completely underwater but I mean like inside where ther is moisture but no water , where your water line stops.

Yeah, so actually most of the time he is in the tank (under the lid) it was only yesterday that he ventured outside. And I have actually seen him completely submerged more than once, which is what confused me and made me think he was aquatic, but maybe it wasn’t intentional. Other times I have seen him in the moist area where the water line is. I guess I’ll migrate him over to a little plastic terrarium!

 

[ELON MOLLUSK]

Yeah see how that works. Keep us informed.

 

[wodesorel]

I have native ambersnails in my garden which are considered terrestrial, but I have seen them on many occasions at different levels of my little water garden.

 

[tropicdragon]

I have native ambersnails in my garden which are considered terrestrial, but I have seen them on many occasions at different levels of my little water garden.

Yes! You are right, he is an ambersnail. I just looked them up and they look exactly like him. Explains why I have seen him crawling on my aquatic plants from time to time.