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Island Apple Snail

pomacea maculata

The Island Apple Snail is a colorful creature that loves to float in fresh water! Its big, round shell can be a fun sight to see in ponds and swamps.

Lebensraum: They live in freshwater environments like ponds, marshes, and swamps.

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The Island Apple Snail has a large, rounded shell, typically olive to golden brown, often with darker spiral bands. Its most distinct feature is the bright pink, red, or orange egg clutches it lays above water.

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Island Apple Snail
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Island Apple Snail

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A hard 'trapdoor' lets them seal their shell completely shut!

Their eggs are famously bright pink and contain a special neurotoxin!

These snails are champion plant eaters, often clearing entire aquatic plant beds!

This snail can breathe both air and water using special gills and a lung!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Snorkel Breath

Island Apple Snail can use a long breathing tube because this helps them get air from the surface while submerged.

Fähigkeit

Shell Door Shield

Island Apple Snail has a hard operculum that helps them seal their shell, protecting them from drying out or predators.

Fähigkeit

Pink Poison Eggs

Island Apple Snail lays vibrant pink eggs above water, which helps protect them from being eaten by aquatic creatures.

Maße und Details

Shell Diameter
10 cm
Gewicht
150 g
Lebenserwartung
3 Jahre
Clutch Size Eggs
1500
Growth Rate Cm Per
2 Monate

Ernährung und Fütterung

They eat many aquatic plants and algae, helping to keep waterways clear.

Altersunterschiede: Young snails eat mostly algae; adults prefer larger aquatic plants.

Hauptnahrung

  • Aquatic macrophytes
  • Algae
  • Detritus
  • Submerged vegetation

Nahrungssuche

  • Grazing

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Snail Kite

Rostrhamus sociabilis

A bird whose diet is mainly apple snails.

eats

Broadleaf Cattail

Typha latifolia

Consumes the leaves and stems of this aquatic plant.

eaten by

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides

Predatory fish that eats snails and their eggs.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Apple SnailGiant Apple SnailPomacea Snail

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

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

10 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Island Apple Snail?

150 g

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

3 Jahre

Was frisst Island Apple Snail?

They eat many aquatic plants and algae, helping to keep waterways clear.

Wo findet man Island Apple Snail normalerweise?

They live in freshwater environments like ponds, marshes, and swamps.

Wie jagt Island Apple Snail?

Grazing

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

1500

Was ist der/die/das growth Rate Cm Per von Island Apple Snail?

2 Monate

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