Mystery Snails




 
Year Pounds # of Snails
2013 1600 64,000
2014 1313.2 52,528
2015 834.3 33,372
2016 1044.4 41,776
2017 1829.2 73,168
2018 425.8 17,032
2019 1120.8 44,832
2020 1849.1 73,964
2021 2203.0 88,120
2022 2360 94,400
2023 1562 62,480
Total 15,965 638,000

Please see the Events calendar for information on scheduled Snail Dives



Rob Caron has written an article for the Lake Stewards of Maine regarding SPIA's efforts to control the invasive snails. You can read that article here.
Generally found in flowing water or proximity to flowing water (e.g., river mouths). Adults >25mm. Live-bearers - juvenile snails are retained inside the mantle of the mother for several weeks. Feed primarily on particulate detritus in soft sediments.
 
Campeloma decisum

Shell aperture oval - operculum with a concentric (central) nucleus. Outer shell surface greenish in color with no banding, shell interior white to light blue. Shoulders of whorls rounded and distinct from previous whorl - sutures that separate whorls are indented. Smooth with no sculpturing other than fine striae. 25mm.
   
Viviparus georgianus

The shell aperture and operculum nearly circular - operculum with a concentric (central) nucleus. Outer shell surface brown to tan with 4 bands. Shell interior usually white or with a purplish hue. Shoulders between shell whorls weak, sutures are indented. 38mm.
   
Cipangopaludina chinensis and japonica

Shell aperature round to oval with a reflected, black pigmented lip. Operculum with a submarginal (located nearer the outer lip) nucleus. Outer shell surface light to dark olive-green, without any color bands. Whorls are strongly convex, with a very slight shoulder, and the suture is deeply indented. Shell sculpture consists of fine growth lines, spiral lines and fine to moderate malleations over the entire surface.

C. chinensis - shell with more rounded shoulders and broader shape

C. japonica - narrower and more turreted shell - sculpted (carinate). to 65mm.
   
 
Profile - University of Michigan Animal diversity web
 

 

 

 
Year Pounds # of Snails
2013 1600 64,000
2014 1313.2 52,528
2015 834.3 33,372
2016 1044.4 41,776
2017 1829.2 73,168
2018 425.8 17,032
2019 1120.8 44,832
2020 1849.1 73,964
2021 2203.0 88,120
2022 2360 94,400
2023 1562 62,480
Total 15,965 638,000
Please see the Events calendar for information on scheduled Snail Dives



Rob Caron has written an article for the Lake Stewards of Maine regarding SPIA's efforts to control the invasive snails. You can read that article here.
 
Generally found in flowing water or proximity to flowing water (e.g., river mouths). Adults >25mm. Live-bearers - juvenile snails are retained inside the mantle of the mother for several weeks. Feed primarily on particulate detritus in soft sediments.
 
Campeloma decisum

Shell aperture oval - operculum with a concentric (central) nucleus. Outer shell surface greenish in color with no banding, shell interior white to light blue. Shoulders of whorls rounded and distinct from previous whorl - sutures that separate whorls are indented. Smooth with no sculpturing other than fine striae. 25mm.
   
Viviparus georgianus

The shell aperture and operculum nearly circular - operculum with a concentric (central) nucleus. Outer shell surface brown to tan with 4 bands. Shell interior usually white or with a purplish hue. Shoulders between shell whorls weak, sutures are indented. 38mm.
   
Cipangopaludina chinensis and japonica

Shell aperature round to oval with a reflected, black pigmented lip. Operculum with a submarginal (located nearer the outer lip) nucleus. Outer shell surface light to dark olive-green, without any color bands. Whorls are strongly convex, with a very slight shoulder, and the suture is deeply indented. Shell sculpture consists of fine growth lines, spiral lines and fine to moderate malleations over the entire surface.

C. chinensis - shell with more rounded shoulders and broader shape

C. japonica - narrower and more turreted shell - sculpted (carinate). to 65mm.
   
 
Profile - University of Michigan Animal diversity web