Talk:Ramshorn snail

A note

If I am breeding ramshorn snails for colors, should separate color strains be kept separated?

Since the writer did not sign the note, it is not possible to know when this note was written, or who wrote it, but the answer is: yes. However it's worth pointing out that this page is for making comments about improving the article, not general questions or comments about the subject. Also this is an encyclopedia, so the articles should not contain "how=to" advice. However, thank you for your interest. Best, Invertzoo (talk) 21:40, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

banned?

My local pet shop was recently fined by the USDA for having this snail. Do you know anything about this ban? Info please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.124.121.100 (talk) 23:51, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

In description, it says 'There are two different coloured skin forms: black and red; the latter lack the dark skin pigment melanin and consequently have a bright reddish skin, which is the colour of their blood. Their blood contains red hemoglobin, unlike other snails' blood, which contains greenish hemocyanin.'

And then another paragraph in description says basically the same? 'There are two common skin colourations: black and red. The red colouration is the colour of their blood (containing hemoglobin), unlike other snails with green blood (due to hemocyanin). An absence of melanin reveals the red colour. Rare varieties have been selectively bred in pale pink and blue. These traits are recessive and if crossbred the resultant offspring are likely to be wild type (brown).'

I feel this could be made more clear, there shouldn't be two seperate paragraphs talking about the colour. The second paragraph is more accurate about the colour as it mentions that brown and red are most common while blue and pink do exist, I would like to mention that there are some more colour morphs such as purple and pearl, and also spotted/leopard variants exist of each colour.

Then in Interaction with Environment, it says that 'One should also be aware that pond-reared red ramshorn snails are able to carry various parasitic flukes, which can be transmitted to fish, or humans.' there is no reason that only a red snail would carry these, any colour could have them. Any pond-reared ramshorn snail would be more likely to have parasites, but if it is from an artificial pond it is far less likely.

There are many many species of ramshorn, and the mini ramshorn (somewhat related but different) should probably get a mention as one of the ones most common in an aquarium. I have no idea what their scientific name is, but including the names of other ramshorn species that aren't as common in tanks would be good too.

I have never written anything on a wikipedia article ever and this is my first time in a talk page, but I do know a fair amount about these snails from both personal experience and talking to other people who keep them, so reading this article I had a few suggestions for it. Would need to find citations for some of this, but if anyone ever checks the talk page I hope this helps? 2406:2D40:20BE:B100:2DA3:5705:6A5B:46FB (talk) 03:28, 3 November 2023 (UTC)