Snail Id Needed

Synirr

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These came in with our ghost shrimp shipment yesterday... free snails for me! I have no idea what they are, unfortunately.
Stripey. I'm guessing this is in the Asolene genus?
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These are the odd ones... spiraled like a ramshorn on one side, smooth on the other :huh:. I think they dig under the sand, too
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No, they are not ramshorns... I already have ramshorns coming out my ears, I know what they look like :p
Both are the same colour, any difference is just a trick of the camera, they are kinda an off-white. These are already a respectable size, long since past the point at which ramshorns become more or less symmetrical, and the spiral is kinda blocky rather than rounded like most snails.

EDIT: Also, blue ramshorns are a manmade creation, they do not exist in the wild... these are Florida native wild snails that got mixed in with a ghost shrimp shipment, everything that comes with those shipments is straight out of Florida waters.
 
Those guys are obviously baby ramshorns.... trust me, these are not the same thing. I have several varieties of ramshorns breeding in 3 of my tanks, I see them every day, so I'm plenty capable of telling the difference between your average ramshorn and these new guys. Besides, ramshorns don't dig in the substrate.
 
The first looks a lot like Viviparus georgianus which is a non-native species but very widespread in the US.

I believe the "odd" ones to be Planorbella scalaris which is endemic to cental and southern Florida.
 
Looks like we have a winner! Thanks Lateral Line! :nod:
 

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