La neritina natalensis, is a snail species fresh water, or slightly brackish water. It is relatively small in size that ranges between 2 and 3 centimeters, and like other snails in its family that inhabit salt water, it has an operculum. The shell of this type of snail is very intense orange in color, and has vertical striations in dark tones such as black and brown.
Currently, we can also find a type of snail from this same family, which has varieties in its shell with thick stripes, or finer and numerous, or even without a stripe, whose ornamental and economic value is slightly higher than that of the wild variety. It is important to note that this snail belongs to the family of crisp and that is why its members are called neritines or neritas.
This freshwater snail, It is native to the African continent, where it can be found in countries such as Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania, or South Africa. However, some consider that there is a snail whose morphology is similar and that they live in countries on the Asian continent, such as India, although there is still no data to confirm these suspicions.
Generally this type of snail, It is appreciated by aquarists looking for an algae-eating snail to eliminate a certain pest in freshwater aquariums. Maintaining this type of snail is quite simple, you simply need to provide the appropriate conditions and the necessary water parameters, added to a very good diet to keep them in perfect condition. For example, you can feed them with seaweed, with homemade pasta made from boiled vegetables, porridges, frozen foods, among others.
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