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Thank you. Again, I'm not looking to import them. They were here in the 60s, commonly bred in home aquariums. I just want to find someone who still has some.

Well it's not restricted in the US. They gave me contact info for the Australian authorities so I could inquire whether export is restricted, but I know those snails were already being bred in the US by the 60s, so I don't think it's necessary to look into Australian exports.

Yeah, it would be disappointing to discover an interesting species only to learn that it has been banned to the point of totally vanishing. Thank you very much! I'll let you know what I find.

Delapool, here's a map that attempts to show where they come from. not sure of its accuracy, but I'm sure they do their best. Bulinus australianus Conrad -- Discover Life Greengo, I'd love to have that email address, thank you. My thought is that even if they have been banned, if they were once...

But the Innes book was an American one, and in his day they were commonly available. The other book, the one I found on Google, was by an Australian author, so if his mention was the only one I found it would be believable, but Innes makes me think otherwise.

The books don't give an exact size, but the illustrations seem to indicate about an inch or a little more. They didn't give details on where they're from, if they're even actually from australia.

I say ramshorn I'm sure those are ramshorns. Look up "aquarium snails" and look over the common species, and you'll be able to positively identify yours easily. In my experience, you don't need to worry about any special food, as long as just a little bit of your fishfood makes it to the bottom...

I have a 1960s edition of the Innes book, and in his section on snails he describes Australian Red snails. The illustration shows them having pointed shells like a pond snail, but about an inch long or just over. I believe he described them as fairly prolific, easy keepers, so I've been curious...