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apple snail

Photo by p.young713
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Field Notes

Description:

Invasive species

Habitat:

On the banks of the Withlachoochee River

Notes:

http://www.jaxshells.org/northeas.htm

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
p.young713
Thats interesting Alice! I haven't seen these to often!
alicelongmartin
These are what the Limpkin feasts on. I still have some shells that I collected on a small penisula in the middle of Florida. So nice to see one with the snail in it. It is called the Apple Snail as Lori said.
lori.tas
It's hard to say for sure just from a photo, but that's my first impression.
p.young713
Lori my daughter found one about 2 or 3 years ago less than 2 miles away at a camp site in the forest area on the Withlachoochee river near the bridge., http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6654021 Do you think this is a similar snail?
p.young713
It is ~2 inch's long and 1 inch wide.
lori.tas
Looks like an apple snail. How big was it? http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/gastro/apple_snails.htm
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PublishedAugust 20, 2011

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