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Chinese mystery snail aka Cipangopaludina chinensis aka

Chinese Basket
Grows up to 65 millimeters.
Large, smooth, olive green shell.
No color bands on shell.
White and blue inner shell.
Black round or oval outer lip.
Has a operculum on shell.

Threats:

clogging pipelines and


blocking water
passage
spreading diseases
and parasites

Last Seen: Burma, Thailand


and Asia in general
Bibliography:

http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=1045

https://sites.google.com/a/rsu5.org/invasive/maine-invasivespecies/chinese-mystery-snail-cipangopaludina-chinensis-malleatus

You can find these snails in lakes, ponds, rice fields,


irrigation and roadside ditches and calm portions of
streams where there is a soft mud substrate.

Reward: Chinese Food!!!

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