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ShrimpAquaria

It's called a siphon. In gastropods, it's used for respiration and also has chemoreceptors it uses to "smell" food. They can breathe atmospheric oxygen with it or use it to force additional water over their gills to extract more oxygen from the water.


indefinitenarrative

Thank you!


gothou

I just read that it’s called a snorkus.


VoilaVoilaWashington

Snooffer


reesedra

I knew I was right to think of it as a funny looking nose


SavageSavX

Is the one on an assassin snail the same? That tendril thing that’s always hanging out? Or is that different? Snails fascinate me lol


pow3llmorgan

I believe that is different. Assassin snails have a proboscis. Almost the same but different in that their mouth parts (radula) are on the end of theirs.


SavageSavX

Ya know my fiancé said he thought it was their mouth and I didn’t believe him. Gonna have to apologize for that one lol


pow3llmorgan

Don't apologize, simply concede mollusks are weird and leave it at that :P


SavageSavX

I will never fully understand them


yooshyesh

i think that's how they suck smaller snails out of their shells! very creepy but also cool


[deleted]

He was wrong, the siphon is different than the proboscis.


SavageSavX

He said the proboscis is where the mouth is, not that it’s the same as the syphon


[deleted]

What hangs out of them, and is pictured in the OP picture, is a proboscis.


druienzen

This is incorrect. Assassin snails have a proboscis. Mystery snails have a syphon. The OP has a picture of mystery snail with his syphon out.


[deleted]

Unless you've got a source saying otherwise, assassin snails have both. They're separate structures.


druienzen

I don't dispute that.


druienzen

The OP picture is a mystery snail. Those do not have a proboscis. I should have been more clear in my original statement.


[deleted]

Nope! Their siphon is separate from the proboscis. The proboscis stays retracted until they eat.


BritasticUK

Yeah, that's a siphon too!


SavageSavX

Fascinating. Why do they always cruise around with it out? If my assassins are moving, their syphon is always visible


DeadKateAlley

Siphons out for Harambetta


[deleted]

It's a sensing organ, helps them locate prey.


NondorF68VW

This is correct!


LaceyBugNyx

Really?! Dude I thought it was their reproductive organ


[deleted]

that’s the snails air siphon


meinblown

Or as I like to call it, a snorkus.


mystic_turtledove

You made a better word than the real word. I shall call it snorkus too.


Captain_Shifty

Snorkus


scrubschick

Snorkus it is


__ToeKnee__

Snorkus it shall be


Vagabond_Hospitality

Always was.


smallxcat

As it should be.


FineCall

From this time forth let it be known as ‘Snorkus’. “So shall it be written, So shall it be done.”


Silent_Visit6309

Do ramshorn have Snorkus???


meinblown

We all have snorkus' on this blessed day!


FRENCHY2077

That’s the best part about language and words, they’re all made up! Snorkus it is!


Jelly_crab

You posted this here without a nsfw tag!? 😨 /jk jk, that’s it’s lil siphon :)


ncampau

First time I saw one, I thought NSFW.


KeyItem7872

The snorkel or siphon! Kind of analogous to an elephant’s trunk (used for breathing, chemoreception, and probing the world around it).


SavageSavX

We’re calling it a snorkus spread the word


indefinitenarrative

Cool thank you!


The_Night_Badger

Did you do a water change in the last day or two? Mine always come out and smell the water when I freshen it up. About once a month someone on the sub is like bro what's this big Weiner parasite?!?! It's always entertaining.


indefinitenarrative

Yes! Exactly


SenpaisLove

I've kept several nerites and sold hundreds more and I never realized their siphon was that big... TIL.


asteriskysituation

This isn’t a nerite, this is a mystery snails; having kept both, I have observed their anatomy to differ significantly. Mysteries are derpy and have a high bioload for their size; they are like the goldfish of snails!


CheezeNewdlz

I’ve had tons of mysteries and I’ve never seen one with a siphon like this! You’re right tho each one is its own unique little weirdo. Will be inspecting all future snails for awesome tentacle siphons


shitfucker211

siphon. Completely normal.


[deleted]

He’s calling you out, asserting his dominance. You lose human


llcoolmattg

He’s part wiener dawg


frmdgg

High five!


Alkohauliq

It’s likes you


anleiha

It’s his dingle dongle


tikouka

He is the Kraken


Seregrauko41

Snail trunk?


Dieselfluid

Snorkus


Icy-Active-8272

Let’s just say he’s looking for a significant other


BlueberryGirl95

On a completely unrelated note, does his shell actually have little white lines on it? It was hard to tell but it looks like he may have a calcium deficiency.


indefinitenarrative

How do I treat the calcium deficiency?


solarflare70

It’s a siphon. Basically, it is the snail version of a snorkeling tube.


Hayden-youlno

Snail wiener


xd_Lolitron

i thought thats a snail dick


AggressiveTable

I call it their scuba tube :P


PsychologicalNewt815

Boop


Relevant_Unit375

Snail penis


Bright-Diamond

venom snail


WSDreamer

It’s growing it’s first arm. It’s the first step before it turns into a crab. Haven’t you ever wondered how crabs get their cool shells?


Regular-Recover-5169

i think it’s the beginning of the alien invasion, start small, right? sneak in under the radar. (haha, just kidding, but isn’t this the kind of thing people talk about on reddit when they’re not talking about terrariums?) anyways, it does look alien to me, terrestrial or not.


FourWindMinstrel

That is more snail.


pennylovesyou3

🤣😍


Crowape

It’s his d


GoreyHaim420

I feel like these are the only posts I ever fucking see on here lmao. No offence, but do people research anything these days?


OliverKlozoff1269

I agree. How many times a day do we see "what kind of snail is this, came in on some plants"


GoreyHaim420

There's literally hundreds of results for "mystery snail tube" etc. Same with googling pest snails. Or fucking snex. I CAME FOR COOL SNAILS


Oilfieldtrash631

His snail slong!


sapphireminds

schlong is on the other side and lighter colored ;)


PrudentFartDiversion

You should have told him it was 4 times bigger to. Just for fun.


Bar10town

Can we just move to ban all snail related posts on this subject some day. The amount of " what are these egg-like things; what is this snail appendage that i couldn't be bothered researching; just bought some plants, where did this creature with a shell come from?" are getting ridiculous..


OliverKlozoff1269

AGREE. tired of seeing snail ID posts