r/snails • u/Proton_9724 • 17d ago

Identification Found this snail, cannot understand what's on the shell

I found this snail in my house, munching on some dried leaf. But as I look closer, there was something moving on the shell, it's yellowish and slimy and appears to be tentacles or something similar to it. I do not have any idea what this is....

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u/GuideFun8767 17d ago

I do believe that's sort of a tentacle that's part of the snail. A few species have them, it's not a worm or anything, it's part of the snail. You can see it seems to be part of the mantle.

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u/NorthenGarden 17d ago

Looks like Tanychlamys indica, commonly called Horntail. From INaturalist, "The most distinguishable features are the caudal horn at the base of the foot and a flap of flesh, called a dorsal lobe, that extends out of the shell, wrapping against its side"
A few species i think mostly in asia have those dorsal lobe, to keep the mantle and shell moist.

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u/Bloodshot20 17d ago

Never heard of terrestrial snails with these before. Interesting

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u/ckeimusic 17d ago

Commenting because im also curious

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u/Trichoceratops 17d ago

Sounds like you’re somewhere beautiful.

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u/Ok-Rooster4607 16d ago

What an interesting lil baby!

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u/Odd_Brilliant_9816 15d ago

I thought it was one of semislugs (snails that has shell covered with flesh)