Hello, new member here, looking for help identifying this snail. http://www.djbphoto.com/tinypic_nebv1/PetSnails/Latif/Latif1.JPG http://www.djbphoto.com/tinypic_nebv1/PetSnails/Latif/Latif6.JPG http://www.djbphoto.com/tinypic_nebv1/PetSnails/Latif/Latif7.JPG It was collected along the banks of Permanente Creek in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California (collection site approx. N 37.42299, W 122.08652), from among a sizeable population, alongside similar numbers of Otala lactea. An aquaintance suggested it is Theba pisana, but according to Roth's "Checklist of the Land Snails and Slugs of California," T. pisana is not found anywhere near this part of California. The snail in question does not share the chocolate brown aperture and columella of O. lactea, and it had a visible umbilicus when I got it (which I did not manage to photograph). The shell has grown to cover it up now. This particular snail mated with an O. lactea in my tank. The Otala subsequently laid eggs, resulting in a clutch of 4 dozen baby snails (hatched on Sept. 17, 2009). 4 days old: http://www.djbphoto.com/tinypic_nebv1/PetSnails/SnailHatchlings091005/090921Hatchlings/3.jpg http://www.djbphoto.com/tinypic_nebv1/PetSnails/SnailHatchlings091005/090921Hatchlings/5.jpg 12 days old: http://www.djbphoto.com/tinypic_nebv1/PetSnails/SnailHatchlings091005/090929SnailBabies/2ohhai.JPG http://www.djbphoto.com/tinypic_nebv1/PetSnails/SnailHatchlings091005/090929SnailBabies/4.JPG http://www.djbphoto.com/tinypic_nebv1/PetSnails/SnailHatchlings091005/090929SnailBabies/7onfinger.JPG If the snail in question is not some other species of Otala, it is a species that is capable of breeding with Otala. Does anyone have any ideas about its identity? Thanks in advance. Erica Freeman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
