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Shell length of snails mainly of 7-8 see some species can reach 11 cm Shell pointed, gracefully curved, arched. The young snails shell color is light brown, glossy, but after about year snail begins to fade and the top color layer of winding down. The shell is opaque, very nice, smooth, light color. Shades of color of the shell and legs are dependent on the subspecies.
The adult snail growth area is gradually bent upward and gets a nice hot pink or crimson.
Body (leg) Megalobulimus oblongus rather thick, but very soft and gelatinous, much flatter than that of other snails. Megas produce less mucus.
Stalks, which are the eyes, much shorter than the other snails, about the size of the head.

But the most distinctive feature Megalobulimus oblongus, it is certainly their amazing fan of tentacles. Each tentacle is moving independently of the others, despite the fact that they are all interconnected membranes. This is a tactile-olfactory organ, which discloses a snail to recognize the smell of food, felt an object or even to catch the water droplets (in the rain in nature or if you swim in captivity).

Homeland Megalobulimus oblongus are Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina. However, they are common in some parts of the Caribbean (Jamaica, Martinique, Barbados and the Lesser Antilles).
Megas - these centenarians. Life expectancy may reach 14 years.
The content and unpretentious food. At one of the best English language sites indicated temperature of 20 ° C to 26 ° C, but they feel bad and a little more heat. Do not worry if the snail is not chosen from the soil for 2-3 days, they love to sleep, dug deeper. Forced daily waking and feeding can cause stress. Of food prefer lettuce and soft vegetables, fruits (plums, bananas, mangoes (very ripe) tomatoes), perfectly boiled shredded carrots, as well as the different composition puree for baby food. Just like grain milling with different calcium supplements, diluted with water until the consistency of sour cream.
But with the multiplication Megalobulimus oblongus in captivity have a problem. On this part of their lives is very little information. Megas reach sexual maturity by 3 years. After mating, laying eggs 12/10 pairs, with an interval of 4-5 weeks. Megas eggs are very large, oval, with an average of 2 cm in length and 1 cm in width. There is information that, before laying snail is fatter and her gown strongly bulging of shells. However, in my experience, it is not an indicator because One of my megas with a thick mantle of serving masonry does not. The incubation period lasts 4-5 megas weeks at 25-27 ° C. Often the eggs are empty Megas, the reason is not clear.
The process of laying eggs:

Newborn:

Contain Megalobulimus oblongus need only representatives of this species, because other snails often bite round thick soft stem megas, which may lead them to illness and even death. As a soil well suited to the land of begonias or coco substrate. The thickness of the soil must be at least 10 cm, these snails are very fond of burrowing. Top can be put moss and oak litter, it megas too very much.

List of sub-species (probably incomplete):

Megalobulimus oblongus (Muller 1774), Brazil
Megalobulimus oblongus albolabiata (EASmith, 1894)
Megalobulimus oblongus conicus (Bequaert) Brazil
Megalobulimus oblongus formicacorsii (Barattini & Alcalde-Ledun, 1949)
Megalobulimus oblongus haemastomus (Scopoli 1786), Uruguay, Brazil
Megalobulimus oblongus intertextus (Pilsbry, 1895)
Megalobulimus oblongus lorentzianus (Doring 1876), Argentina,
Megalobulimus oblongus musculus (Bequaert 1948)

This article used information from here: www.petsnails.co.uk / species / megalobulimus_oblongus.html # start,
as well as personal experience of keeping and breeding.
In the photo Megalobulimus oblongus haemastomus.

The material was prepared and translated the site editor and moderator of the forum - RINA.

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