Asian Tramp Snail
Bradybaena similaris
Mollusca
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 2-3 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Tropical forest
- Range
- Southeast Asia
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Common
About
A small land snail native to East Asia that has hitchhiked its way to every warm continent on Earth, earning the "tramp" in its name. Its glossy, globose shell is buff or yellowish-brown, typically marked with a single dark spiral band just below the suture.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult shell size or body length.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Camaenidae
- Genus
- Bradybaena
- Species
- Bradybaena similaris