Lymnaea stagnalis?

[coldmachineUK]

Very common tank snail, but I just wanted to know if this is the right ID. I'm no snail expert!

This little one looks like he wishes he had a bigger shell

 

[Toirtis]

Looks like a Physa sp. to me, stagnalis have a longer shell, like this:

http://psteinmann.net/bilder_swmollusken/stagnalis.jpg

....although thet are everywhere in ditches and ponds here, I have never known anyone to keep any in an aquarium.

 

[coldmachineUK]

Thx Toirtis! Well, I guess these are very hardy snails if they've adapted to my tropical and brackish conditions if they normally live in ditches and ponds!
These hitchhikers are destined to be food for my puffers, such is the way of nature

 

[Toirtis]

Thx Toirtis! Well, I guess these are very hardy snails if they've adapted to my tropical and brackish conditions if they normally live in ditches and ponds!

Yes, I guess that is true of Physa, too...I just cannot imagine why anyone would want them in a tank (apart from a native marsh biotope).

 

[coldmachineUK]

For puffer food, as I say.
I personally can't understand apple snail keeping, but each to his own!