Razberry910 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 I'm 95% sure these are Banded Mystery snails but I wanted a second opinion. I used this as a resource guide. https://ohiodnr.gov/static/documents/wildlife/backyard-wildlife/Freshwater+Snails+of+Ohio+Pub+5512.pdf I can take more pictures if needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 @Guppysnail Do you know anything about banded mystery snails? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 No I do not. But fascinating reading material thank you. Thinking about this you could probably take one to local fish and game. They may have someone to identify for certain. If you do please let us know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 You really have me curious. I’m going to guess Japanese mystery. The operculum is more straight in yours. The banded seems rounder than your photos. The Chinese columella point at the opening is more pronounced than the photo of yours. Total guess could not help myself 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razberry910 Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 On 10/8/2022 at 10:28 PM, Guppysnail said: You really have me curious. I’m going to guess Japanese mystery. The operculum is more straight in yours. The banded seems rounder than your photos. The Chinese columella point at the opening is more pronounced than the photo of yours. Total guess could not help myself 😁 interesting points. I'm not sure the teems but the cone of the Japanese snail seems longer/pointer than the banded and Chinese. the Japanese and Chinese seem to have bands going across the shell where the banded have red lines running the length of the wrap. I couldn't see these lines but maybe if I put a bright light on it to cut through the algea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Can you get photos of the largest ones in the same positions as the example photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razberry910 Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 On 10/8/2022 at 11:02 PM, Katherine said: Can you get photos of the largest ones in the same positions as the example photos? will do. I'm taking down totes for the season so I'll have a handful. oh one last thing the Japanese and Chinese snails grow to 70mm or so and some pictures of them almost fill a human hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Were they found in one of the indicated counties? I guess what I'm asking is if you're sure it's one of the snails from this list. Also, it says the Japanese have 'spiral ridges on the spire' and the Chinese don't. I can't really tell what that is from their photos though... Maybe these ones I marked have them, but the others don't appear to. Could you have more than one type here? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razberry910 Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 I'll get some more pictures but I did some looking. The smaller snails have three ridges running down their spiral they sort of look like hairs. I found this sheet on banded snails. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/banded-mystery-snail/ more info http://www.misin.msu.edu/facts/detail/?project=&id=258&cname=Banded+mystery+snail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razberry910 Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 more info http://neinvasives.com/Mystery Snails.pdf I'm leaning more toward Chinese mystery snail now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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