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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.

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

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Invertebrate

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Snorkel Breath

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

Habilidad

Shell Door Shield

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

Habilidad

Pink Poison Eggs

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

Medidas y detalles

Shell Diameter
10 cm
Peso
150 g
Esperanza de vida
3 años
Clutch Size Eggs
1500
Growth Rate Cm Per
2 meses

Dieta y alimentación

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

Diferencias por edad: Young snails eat mostly algae; adults prefer larger aquatic plants.

Alimentos principales

  • Aquatic macrophytes
  • Algae
  • Detritus
  • Submerged vegetation

Método de búsqueda

  • Grazing

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Apple SnailGiant Apple SnailPomacea Snail

Colecciones

Seguridad

Peligro

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el shell Diameter de Island Apple Snail?

10 cm

¿Cuál es el peso de Island Apple Snail?

150 g

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Island Apple Snail?

3 años

¿Qué come Island Apple Snail?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Island Apple Snail?

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

¿Cómo caza Island Apple Snail?

Grazing

¿Cuál es el clutch Size Eggs de Island Apple Snail?

1500

¿Cuál es el growth Rate Cm Per de Island Apple Snail?

2 meses

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