Cool snails that are not asexual!?

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My head hurts from reading all these confusing statements.

I'll clear this. Mystery snails (if in reference to Pomacea diffusa) are apple snails (Ampullaridae). There are nine genera of apple snails currently recorded, most prominent of them are Pomacea, Marisa, Pila (in Asia) and Asolene.

The Lymnaea stagnalis, also known as pond snail, need a mate in order to reproduce. This in itself involves sperm exchange to trigger them to produce eggs unlike the typical sexual reproduction done by sexual snails. I had one lone pond snail I rescued from a shop with a length of 1.5". It never reproduced any new snails for me and passed away after a few months.
 
You had a 1.5" POND snail?! Jeeeeez! Am I using the wrong common name for my "pond snails" or something? Mine never get over half an inch & usually not even close to that... Lupin's word is law when it comes to snails!
 
The ones that look black with mottled orange spots are bladder snails or Physas sp.:) I don't like these ones though. I prefer the Lymnaea stagnalis. I just find these ones cuter for some reason.:grinyes:
 
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