Actually, I wish we had more show up in the US as I would like to run some
observational tests on them and get a few "in situ" photographs. There is a
guy in Germany who has sent me a bunch of photos of different nerites in his
tanks. He is really into crayfish (crawdads as we call them), but also has
quite a few different species of nerites in his aquariums. His images are
really quite spectacular, check out: http://www.crusta10.de . The pet trade
applies some ridiculous name, like bubble bee snail (Clithon diadema) and
then markets them. It looks like a lot are coming out of Indonesia.
Tom E.
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From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Anna Robinson
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 4:38 AM
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] New snail available - a Nerite imposter?
Thanks Tom and everybody. You're a treasure-trove of info. It's surprisingly
hard to find out details of freshwater gastropods. New ones for the pet
trade appear here all the time and I object, both ethically and
ecologically, to selling someone an unidentified animal.
Anna
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From: "Thomas Eichhorst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] New snail available - a Nerite imposter?
> Looks like Neritina pulligera (Linnaeus, 1767) to me. The orange aperture
> with the black parietal shelf (the area on the underside of the of the
> snail
> opposite the aperture) are pretty distinctive. It is a very wide-spread
> and
> common species in brackish and freshwater throughout much of the
> Indo-Pacific. It is one of the larger nerites with specimens commonly
> found
> in the 20 to 30mm size range. The world record size is 43mm. It should
> do
> well in an aquarium, but it will not be able to reproduce as the newly
> hatched veligers need a short period in salt water to develop prior to
> settling to the substrate and crawling back into freshwater.
>
> Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> Anna Robinson
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:01 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CONCH-L] New snail available - a Nerite imposter?
>
>
> Hi Guys
>
> Another new freshwater snail has turned up in aquatic shops here in the
> UK.
> The wholesalers sell it as "Filopaludina sp." However, it looks nothing
> like
> any of the Filopaludina images I have ever seen. I'll swear it's another
> Nerite. I've managed to take a few pictures. Any ideas, Tom or anyone?
>
> http://www.waysideaquatics.co.uk/blackneriteoutofwater.JPG
>
> http://www.waysideaquatics.co.uk/blacknerite.JPG
>
> http://www.waysideaquatics.co.uk/neritemouth.JPG
>
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Anna
>
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