Chinese Mystery Snail
Margarya chinensis
Also known as: Asian Apple Snail · Chinese Vivipara · Trapdoor Snail · Rice Snail · Black Snail · Chinese Mysterysnail
Mollusca
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 3-10 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Filter feeder
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- East Asia
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Live birth
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Uncommon
About
This large freshwater snail lives in muddy lake bottoms and slow-moving rivers. It gives birth to fully formed miniature young rather than laying eggs in the water.
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
- Architaenioglossa
- Family
- Viviparidae
- Genus
- Margarya
- Species
- Margarya chinensis