#leptopoma nitidum

[findingmindely]

Leptopoma nitidum

[letterstomrdarcy]

blushing snail (leptopoma nitidum)

[m197432k]

[redwylde]

A snail boi.

A tweet popped up on my Twitter timeline today about a little green snail named “leptopoma nitidum” and I had to draw this Chorosnail immediately. It was just the cutest thing. I didn’t do it any justice.

Here’s a picture of it:

Isn’t it the most adorable thing?~

[markunsan]

Leptopoma nitidum

[bogleech]

Mr. Leech I need your help: I found out about this snail called Leptopoma nitidum, and it looks like its eyes aren't on stalks? Are those really their eyes? If so, why would they evolve so differently from other snails?

It's actually only unusual for *land* snails, though not unheard of! Here's another land snail with eyes at the base of the tentacles:

It's also the case for most freshwater aquatic snails:

Other water snails have eyes kind of "mid way" up the tentacles:

And in the ocean, it seems like the most common setup, especially for larger species, are tentacles forking off from eye stalks:

In fact, I'm not sure if there are any water-dwelling snails with tentacles JUST ending in eyes; it seems like that's mainly a special innovation by most of the air-breathing groups, which likely all evolved from one ancestor that had it first! So the snails like Leptopma evolved from aquatic snails and just didn’t move their eyes up their stalks, or just didn’t do so yet. Like any adaptation there must be both advantages and disadvantages to each method. If your eyes are on stalks you have a greater and more flexible field of view, but if those stalks are injured you’ll be blind until they grow back! Gastropods with eyes at the base are keeping them safer while the tentacles serve other sensory functions. Gastropods with the forking method are trying to balance both worlds and can pull their eyes into the shell without putting the “antennae” away. EDIT: what @teratomarty said is correct!

“IIRC, the tentacles in marine snails are chemosensitive. The theory is that eyes shifted forward in land snails because air is a much worse medium for scent than water, so sight became more important.”

What’s interesting is that both the land snails I’ve shown with low-set eyes are from rainforests, so, places where the air is really humid anyway!

[otaharuo]

アオミオカタニシ、Leptopoma nitidum、4月6日、沖縄県

Ryuukyuu island

[arcadequeerz]

List of random animals I adore:

Velvet Worms

How could I not love this liil man. Look at hiM. Baby Guy. Also look at this photo of one Shooting Slime:

Albatross, specifically Royal Albatross

THEY ARE HUGE! AND BIG! AND THEY R JUST VERY COOL. and also i think they are very cute.

Look at them. A Friemd.

VERY BIG AND LARGE!

Snails, but Specifically Leptopoma nitidum

They are just.they’re j ust. A LIL GUY.

I love them so much.

Moles

Just a Weird lump. A weird lil guy who lives in the dirt. WHat is not to love?

Specifically, this lil guy,the golden mole:

HE IS JUST.A LUMP. I LOVE THEM.

Pigeons

I love them so much,they r so cute, and so cool- n so pretty. Look at them. Chonky guy, big dude

I like thmall but specifically the  german shield pigeon is my fave d:]

OK. LAST ANIMAL: Green Anole

I LOVE THM N HOW THEY DO LIL PUSH UPS. THEY R V CUTE.

A LIL GUY!

[yugimoto]

leptopoma nitidum

[naturecopy]

🔥 Leptopoma nitidum is a uniquely colored snail

[m197432k]

息子達と真夜中の生き物探索

雨でしたが色々見れました

アオミオカタニシの漢字 ”青身陸田螺” が面白い