Photos of the species Megalobulimus oblongus haemastomus Uruguay

2020-05-18

I am just adding photos of this beautiful species into the gallery. Snails of genus Megalobulimus and Strophocheilus (Giant South American Snails) are very similar to Achatina species (Giant African Snails) and some species can grow to pretty big sizes. They are interesting for their "mustache". They have not one pair of tentacles on the bottom of the head, but the whole cluster of them. You can check more photos of adults and even babies HERE.

The book European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification is for sale

2020-05-16

The book presents all European species of molluscs, which are about 2090 snails and 53 mussels. So you will find 2150 species descriptions with 2150 distribution maps and 1600 coloured photos. You can buy the book HERE.

New species Otala punctata Montserrat, Spain in collection

2020-05-15

A bigger and more colourful member of the genus Otala. More common species Otala lactea is smaller and less colourful. I have only several adults in my collection now and I am hoping to breed them soon. You can see more photos of this beautiful European snail HERE.

New form Archachatina marginata egregia Cameroon two-tone in collection

2020-04-10

Smaller size form of the species Archachatina marginata egregia. Shell has very nice two-tone coloration. Babies are available HERE

New form Lissachatina zanzibarica type 4 in collection

2020-02-25

Middle size form of the species Lissachatina zanzibarica. Characteristic for Lissachatina zanzibarica type 4 is shell almost without stripes and with bright red apex. Shell is also more obtuse. This species is viviparous as close species Lissachatina iredalei. Keeping and breeding of this form are without problems and snails of this species prefer cucumber in their diet. Babies are available HERE

New species Caracolus sagemon Gran Piedra, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba lowland form in collection

2020-02-10

Against the mountain form, this form has grown stripe between black stripes and also this form is generally bigger. Colour of the foot is very dark. Lip is white. This species is very attractive and not hard to keep. It is also partially arboreal snail so we can place it also in a higher tank with some branches for climbing. Babies are available HERE

New species Achatina schweinfurthi semifusca Congo in collection

2020-02-05

Achatina schweinfurthi semifusca is a very big form of Achatina schweinfurthi with light brown striping on the white background. Half of the last whorl is brown. Adult older snails are losing these brown markings and are usually totally white. This subspecies is more problematic after arriving in captivity. Especially old adult snails have lots of problems with captivity. This snail was probably not bred in captivity yet. Imported adults are available HERE

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2019-12-31

I wish you a Happy New Year full of many breeding successes. A lot of new things for this e-shop are on the way. I hope you will like them and you will come to visit also in the year 2020.