have a dextral shell (shell opening at the right like in the picture above) except the apple snails from the genus lanistes who have a sinistral shell (shell opening at the left), although there are reports of sinistral animals in the other genera (see the literature : cazzaniga, n. j. & estebenet,...
pharmaceutical food/feed additives veterinary quartz tube calcium carbonate cas no: - - chemical name: --- molecular formula: caco molecular weight: chemical structure: --- calcium carbonate is a common substance found as rock in all parts of the world, and is the main component of shells of marine organisms, snails...
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. remember, however, that there is not much known about colours in apple snails, and that this page is more a sort of hypothesis of how the possible mechanisms could work. play with the genes: in the interactive example below, one can switch on and off the colour genes. these genes are available in at...
education education apple snails and education. lesson plans about (apple) snails, adapted to different ages: from simple to more complex. -- under construction -- comments and suggestions welcome......
photographs of cultivated apple snails, cultivated apple snails white-reddish variety of pomacea diffusa . also see the genetics section . (picture not licenced under creative commons) marisa cornuarietis at the surface, trying to acquire some floating food. pomacea diffusa mating....
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could be classified in a seperate genus: turbinicola (annandale & prashad, ) or that it's more justified to create a sub-genus pila (turbinicola). the type species is turbinicola saxea (annandale & prashad, ). older pila snails have a calcified inside of the operculum (shell door). this is characteristic...
slugs and snails are key parts of the woodland ecosystem, providing food for many. trees woods and wildlife crickets and grasshoppers whether they're chirruping in the tree tops or jumping around on the forest floor, many crickets and grasshoppers are found in woodland. trees woods and wildlife centipedes...