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.
