Description
Pomacea bridgesii, commonly named Apple, Mystery, Ivory or Inca snails, are a family of large freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks with both a gill and a lung, with the mantle cavity being divided in order to separate the two types of respiratory structures. This adaptation allows these snails to be amphibious.
Pomacea, and the Ampullariidae family is considered to be gonochoristic unlike some others. This means that in order to breed, a male and female snail are needed. In captivity, apple snails are most active at night. During the day they usually retreat to somewhere shaded. When it is night time, the apple snail will actively feed, mate, and lay eggs.
