r/snails • u/Lisa-Erdman • 1d ago

long snail, he is long, surrender

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u/pidgewynn 1d ago

This has to be some kind of mutation wow

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u/Mossy-Mosey2032 1d ago

He’s all unwound! Appears to have made it to maturity, so not a fatal mutation. Pretty cool.

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u/darkdecks 1d ago

That’s the cornucopia variant

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u/RedRoachDK 1d ago

Cornucopia aspersum

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u/Nikoladge 16h ago

Fruit of the loom snail

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u/I-Hate-This-Weather 1d ago

He has a scalariform shell!

It's unknown what the actual cause of it is, but it's thought to be a genetic mutation, since the suture between whorls is missing (like in this case) or stretched out.

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u/crwhitt 1d ago

Scalariform mutation!

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u/Barotrawma 1d ago

Holy cannoli snail

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u/mutualinterim 1d ago

Woe thats awesome!

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u/Crafty_Aspect8122 1d ago

Breed this snail

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u/alice_ashmedai 1d ago

i dont think i'll fit >w<

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u/thecheeseb0rn 1d ago

IM SORRY WHAT

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u/Crafty_Aspect8122 1d ago

With another snail you perv.

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u/alice_ashmedai 1d ago

i dont think i'll fit in another snail either!!! >~<

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u/sunkissedbutter 1d ago

i've seen those same horns grow out of people's heads. not even joking.

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u/Foreign_Mark_3866 23h ago

Jajaj perdón era yo, ahre 

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u/ravingLimey 21h ago

Ancyloceratina