Sheath? Mystery Snail Sexing Question,

[Theplatymaster]

i know this section is called "Fish Breeding" but this is close enough on topic, its snail breeding.

@Chick-In-Of-TheSea

i have seen this on the right side of my mystery snail, is it a sheath meaning its male or is it something else?

i have seen the siphon on the left side. (siphon is left, sheath is right, correct?)

[Lennie]

it is kinda impossible to tell its from this perspective, unless you see them mating.

Thats not the penis sheath

[Theplatymaster]

On 3/7/2023 at 10:22 AM, Lennie said:

it is kinda impossible to tell its from this perspective, unless you see them mating.

Thats not the penis sheath

is there a better perspective i could get a picture from?

also what does the sheath even look like?

[Lennie]

here, i tagged the related part. you can see the difference between male and female in the video in that part

[Theplatymaster]

@Lenniethanks!

i think i see a sheath now, should it be on the underside of the shell?

i see something there opposite to the siphon, i just cant get a good picture.

i think mine is  male, based on this chart what i see would be a sheath. (Thanks @Guppysnailfor the chart from last year)

Edited March 7, 2023 by Theplatymaster

[Odd Duck]

I have a pic saved.

 

If you see a mystery climbing onto, and staying on, another mystery, there’s a decent chance the climber is male and the climbee is female.

[Theplatymaster]

On 3/8/2023 at 9:24 AM, Odd Duck said:

If you see a mystery climbing onto, and staying on, another mystery, there’s a decent chance the climber is male and the climbee is female.

thanks, mine has been sexed as a male.

[AquariumCentral]

Most snails are Asexual, meaning they can reproduce by themself. They also may mate and reproduce, just for the fun of sex

[Theplatymaster]

On 3/8/2023 at 12:04 PM, AquariumCentral said:

Most snails are Asexual, meaning they can reproduce by themself. They also may mate and reproduce, just for the fun of sex

not these snails.

mystery snails are NOT hermaphrodites.

[Lennie]

On 3/8/2023 at 8:04 PM, AquariumCentral said:

Most snails are Asexual, meaning they can reproduce by themself. They also may mate and reproduce, just for the fun of sex

Only a few animals are known to have sex for "fun". They are usually just doing it to continue their population. And snails are not one of them, as far as I know.

Bladders, ramshorns and MTS are hermaphrodites. Although bladders and MTS can reproduce alone, ramshorns need to mate and store sperm as far as I know to have babies from one. Which is usually a pretty common case as all you need is two being kept together for some time, so people think their ramshorns give babies alone too.

On the other hand, assasins, mysteries and rabbit snails do have male and females. In order to breed, they need one from each.

 

[AquariumCentral]

Ok, i guess im wrong on this one

 

[Cinnebuns]

On 3/8/2023 at 12:18 PM, Lennie said:

ramshorns need to mate and store sperm as far as I know to have babies from one.

Nope. Ramshorns can do it either sexually or asexually. They are also hermaphrodite. They PREFER to reproduce sexually but are able to asexually when forced to. They just don't do it as well as other species and tend to create genetic issues I believe. When I was line breeding ramshorns, this was sometimes something utilized to get cones of one snail. You put it alone at a young enough age and keep it alone and you get clones. 

They actually can take some time deciding who will be male and who will be female if you only have 2. I've had 2 alone for months before they laid eggs before.