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Water Snails??

Question for you guys. What is the name of these guys. To help out, they are in the Americas Pavilion, in the water tank between the Desert Hairy Scorpion and the Mexican Redknee Tarantula. It shares the water tank with the Sunburst Diving Beetle and Ferocious Water Bug. Any help in the right direction would be appreciated.

Water Snails??
cypher, 23 Oct 2015
    • cypher
      Question for you guys. What is the name of these guys. To help out, they are in the Americas Pavilion, in the water tank between the Desert Hairy Scorpion and the Mexican Redknee Tarantula. It shares the water tank with the Sunburst Diving Beetle and Ferocious Water Bug.

      Any help in the right direction would be appreciated.
      23 Oct 2015
    • Chlidonias
      they look like some species of Ramshorn Snail, but I don't know which are native to America.
      23 Oct 2015
    • cypher
      Thanks Chlidonias. Much appreciated.
      25 Oct 2015
    • lintworm
      A ramshorn snail would also be my guess, maybe from the genus Planorbarius, but I have no idea which species occur in America...
      25 Oct 2015
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