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Florida Apple Snail

pomacea paludosa

The Florida Apple Snail is a big, colorful snail that loves to glide through the water! Kids can spot them in swamps and ponds as they munch on aquatic plants.

Lebensraum: Freshwater lakes, ponds, and swamps in Florida.

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The Florida Apple Snail has a large, globular, spiral shell, typically olive-green to yellow-brown, often with darker bands. Its shell opening is wide and rounded, sealed by a horny lid called an operculum. Unlike many pond snails, its shell coils to the right.

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Florida Apple Snail
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Florida Apple Snail

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Florida Apple Snails are a favorite snack for the endangered Snail Kite, a bird with a hooked beak!

Their bright pink eggs, laid above water, are actually toxic to many predators!

These snails can "hibernate" buried in mud for months during dry seasons to survive.

They use a special tongue covered in tiny, sharp teeth, called a radula, to scrape up food.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Dual Respiration

Florida Apple Snails can breathe both underwater with a gill and air using a lung, allowing them to survive varying water conditions.

Fähigkeit

Above-Water Nursery

This snail lays its bright pink egg clutches on emergent vegetation, keeping them safe from most aquatic predators.

Fähigkeit

Protective Door

It has a hard operculum that completely seals its shell, providing protection from predators and preventing drying out during droughts.

Maße und Details

Shell Diameter
5 cm
Lebenserwartung
2 Jahre
Clutch Size Eggs
500

Ernährung und Fütterung

These snails are plant-eaters, grazing on various aquatic vegetation and algae in their watery homes.

Hauptnahrung

  • algae
  • submerged aquatic plants
  • decaying plant matter
  • detritus

Nahrungssuche

  • Grazing

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Snail Kite

Rostrhamus sociabilis

A specialized bird that relies almost solely on these snails.

eaten by

American Alligator

Alligator mississippiensis

A common predator in their wetland habitats.

eaten by

Florida Redbelly Cooter

Pseudemys nelsoni

Freshwater turtles sometimes consume snails.

eats

Fragrant Water Lily

Nymphaea odorata

Feeds on the leaves and stems of aquatic plants.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Florida Snail

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das shell Diameter von Florida Apple Snail?

5 cm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Florida Apple Snail?

2 Jahre

Was frisst Florida Apple Snail?

These snails are plant-eaters, grazing on various aquatic vegetation and algae in their watery homes.

Wo findet man Florida Apple Snail normalerweise?

Freshwater lakes, ponds, and swamps in Florida.

Wie jagt Florida Apple Snail?

Grazing

Was ist der/die/das clutch Size Eggs von Florida Apple Snail?

500

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