article SUBJECT MATTERS OF EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS OF WATER ANIMALS IN SCHOOL
AQUARIUM XXI (AQUATIC GASTROPODS: GRAND POND SNAIL LYMNAEA STAGNALIS,
SPIKE-TOPPED APPLE SNAIL POMACEA BRIDGESII)
Lubomír Hanel, Dagmar Říhová
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year: 2024
issue: 3
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online publishing date: 3/2/2025
DOI: 10.14712/25337556.2024.3.3
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abstract
Representatives of gastropods (Gastropoda), prosobranchs (Prosobranchiata) and pulmonates (Pulmonata), appear in Czech waters. One of the best model spieces for observation in an aquarium is the great pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis), which are pulmonate (air-breathing) snails. It has a right-coiled shell. It inhabits slow-flowing watercourses, ponds, sand pits, oxbow lakes and pools, as well as wetlands. It feeds on growths (mainly algae), dead and living parts of plants, detritus, and dead animals. This species is hermaphroditic. The eggs are laid in elongated “cocoons” about 5 cm long; the number of eggs is usually around 100. The length of embryonic development varies between 10 and 30 days depending on the temperature. The great pond snail lives 2 to 5 years. The second model species, which is well known to aquarists, is the exotic thermophilic Argentinian spike-topped apple snail (Pomacea bridgesi). It grows to a size of 5–7 cm, and lives up to 5 years, but the life span depends on the temperature in the aquarium – the higher the temperature, the shorter the life. At temperatures below 18 degrees, they are almost inactive. In addition to gill breathing, it also draws atmospheric air with a siphon (air tube), that it pushes to the water surface. The gills are partially transformed into a simple lung sac. The mouth of its shell is closed by a permanent lid (operculum). Feeding the spike-topped apple snail is very easy, as they consume a variety of food as well as feed for aquarium fish. This species is gonochoristic. Females lay eggs above the water in a cluster, up to several centimeters in size. Young snails hatch after 2 to 4 weeks. This paper provides ideas on the methods for breeding and observation, e.g., with regard to the speed of movement, food preference, and the frequency of taking in air on the surface at different water temperatures.
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school aquarium, breeding, observation, food preferences, frequency of breathing
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