Great pond snail
The great pond snail is a big snail that lives in ponds and lakes. Its brown shell is tall and pointy, like a twisted ice cream cone. It lives underwater, but it breathes air, so it comes up to the surface to take a breath.
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Fun facts
Its shell is usually 4.5 to 6 centimetres tall, and a few grow to 7 centimetres.
Each snail is both a mum and a dad at the same time.
Scientists study its brain to learn how memory works, because its nerve cells are big and easy to see.
It lives as far north as northern Norway and high up in the mountains.
People can keep it in an aquarium and feed it salad, cucumber and dandelion leaves.
Most asked questions about Great pond snail
?What does the great pond snail eat?
Mostly water plants, algae and soft leaves, but also tiny water animals and snail eggs.
?How big is the great pond snail?
Its shell is about 4.5 to 6 centimetres tall and 2 to 3 centimetres wide.
?Can you keep a great pond snail as a pet?
Yes. It lives happily in a freshwater aquarium at room temperature.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Lymnaea stagnalis
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Snails, slugs and worms
- Family
- Lymnaeidae
- Classification
- Gastropoda > Hygrophila > Lymnaeidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Lymnaea stagnalis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by unknown author. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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