Pond Snails

WE DO NOT SHIP SNAILS

Pond Snails

Pond snails are scavengers that consume algae and clean up plant debris in the pond.  They are small to large-sized, air-breathing, freshwater snails.

Varieties

There are a number of varieties that are suitable for the pond: Trapdoor, Melantho, Ramshorn, and Wandering Pond Snail.

Features

• Melantho, Ramshorn, and Wandering Pond snails (Ampullaceana balthica) leave trails of eggs on plants. They are Hermaphroditic, meaning that two organisms of any sex have the ability to breed and produce offspring.
• Trapdoor snails bear live young.  They are non-hermaphroditic, meaning that each trapdoor snail is either a male or a female.  Trapdoor snails are large and round and grow to golf ball size.** (see further information below).  They are members of the Viviparis malleatus family.
• Melantho snails are cone-shaped and grow to about 1” in length.  They are members of the Lymnaea family, as are the Wandering Pond snails.
• Ramshorn snails are flat and curled around (like a coil or ram’s horn) and grow to a diameter of 1”.  They are either members of the Planorbella duryi and Planorbarius corneus families.