Ram's Horn Snail

  Ram's Horn Snail

The ram's horn snail, also known as Marisa Cornuarietis, belongs to the Mesogastropoda order, and to the Ampullariidae family. Like the rest of the species that this family includes, this snail has a combined form of gills and lungs, it is equipped with a siphon from which it takes air directly from the surface. This type of snail, unlike other animals of this same species, has a much narrower and disk-shaped shell.

In the same way this snail giant ram's horn It is characterized by having a fairly variable coloration, its colors being mainly yellow or gold, although it can also have brown tones with dark specks. There are even some snails of this species that lack any line.

The Marisa Cornuarietis snail is native to the American continent, especially from South America and Central America, so it is more likely to be found in countries with a tropical and subtropical climate. However, this snail type in some countries of Asia and the United States, since a distribution of these animals has been made, to serve as a predatory species of other types of snails that become pests and that are carriers of diseases and parasites that can end up harming fish and even us humans.

All the water conditions They are not demanding to have this snail, but we must bear in mind that these animals need a certain content of calcium and magnesium so that their shells can form in the best way. It is for this reason that this snail must live in relatively hard waters, with a neutral or slightly alkaline pH.

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Source - AquaNovel


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