Photo of the day (37): Drymaeus
25-01-2009 15:24
A very fresh picture that I found this morning in my
mailbox. It was taken on Puerto Rico and - besides
that it is a
Drymaeus
species - I am not sure yet about its specific
identity.
Compare this picture to the one I posted yesterday and you will see that this Drymaeus has the ocular tentacles much longer. Now having seen quite some different Drymaeus snails (follow the tag to see them), it becomes quite clear that the colour of the body and those of the tentacles are helpful diagnostic characters.
Thanks to Joel Perez who took the picture (and of course to David R. for forwarding ).
Compare this picture to the one I posted yesterday and you will see that this Drymaeus has the ocular tentacles much longer. Now having seen quite some different Drymaeus snails (follow the tag to see them), it becomes quite clear that the colour of the body and those of the tentacles are helpful diagnostic characters.
Thanks to Joel Perez who took the picture (and of course to David R. for forwarding ).