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Hi Leonard and Everyone Last month I posted a question here about nerite snails such as Clithon corona , asking if anyone could confirm their locations and breeding habits. None of us were completely sure. However, in the meantime I managed to contact an American who is an expert on this snail famil...

Hi Allex

What great pictures! I loved the one of the new-born snail with the egg. Thanks very much for answering my questions.

Anna

Hi Allex That's fascinating. I've read that T. fluviatilis is found in lakes, but I always wondered if this was a misidentification, because it would be impossible for youngsters to reach the sea. And I know the eggs still develop in sea water. Would you mind telling us how you raise the young? Do y...

Hi Larry

Thanks very much for this. I searched the internet for two days straight, so I don't know why my search engine didn't pick this page up!??!

I understand how you feel about snails, but they really can be very cute in a comical way - much like plecos . . .

Anna

Hello Everyone I am a fan of freshwater nerite snails, having kept Neritina turrita , Clithon brenspinas , and Septaria porcellana , plus the thorny type, for some time. I am now writing an article for other fishkeepers about these species, but I have found it almost impossible to get good informati...