#liguus virgineus

[vpofcookies]

Got a request for some snail earrings so I made some snail sticker sets to get used to drawing these li'l guys

[onenicebugperday]

Candy cane snail, Liguus virgineus, Orthalicidae

This arboreal species is found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Photo 1 by pedrogenarorodriguez and 2 by margomora

[dougdimmadodo]

Candy Cane Snail (Liguus virgineus)

Family: Orthalicid Snail Family (Orthalicidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Near Threatened

Found only on the island of Hispaniola, the Candy Cane Snail is a small species of tree-dwelling, air-breathing snail named for its colourful and highly elaborate shell, which typically spirals to the right of the snail's body and is covered in distinct coloured bands (which may be yellow, white, orange, green, red or black, and are essentially "painted" onto the developing shells of young individuals as their shells are produced by colour-secreting glands on the muscular structure called the mantle at the shell's base.) While the colouration and structure of this species' distinctive shell is well-documented, very little information on its biology is available; reportedly, Candy Cane Snails feed almost exclusively on lichens that they scrape off of the branches of trees they inhabit using a spiny tongue-like structure called a radula (although they may also feed on bark) and descend to the ground during periods of wet weather to lay eggs beneath loose, damp soil. Like many land snails Candy Candy Snails must keep their soft, fragile bodies damp to remain healthy, and when faced with prolonged periods of dry weather they enter a dormant state, retreating into their shells and secreting a stretchy membrane of mucus, known as an epiphragm, around the shell's opening to minimalize water loss through evaporation.

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Happy Holidays!

Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/335470-Liguus-virgineus

Note: Almost all of the information I could find about Candy Cane Snails online came from the species' Wikipedia page, and quite a few of the claims on said page didn't cite any source, so it seems wise to take the information it provided with a pinch of salt. If you're looking for some festive gastropod reading, the handful of non-wikipedia sources I could find can be seen here, here and here.

[andietries]

Candy cane snails (Liguus virgineus)are my new favourite little guys

[rizegreymon22arts]

27th entry of cursedeya's faketober 2023, today category: Shell. 

SWEENAIL (Sweet + Snail) - Fairy/Bug type.

Is based on a Liguus virgineus, also known as Candy cane snail, and is based on candy. Its shell is based on a corncandy sweet. One of the most common candies to give on halloween.

And the concept of the bears is inspired by the Leucochloridium paradoxum parasite that infects the eyes of snails, combined with the concept of gummy worms.

[darlingpwease]

:| I can't with you- aiii nooo nono I think a combination of both is not a good idea, in fact, I don't even think it should be considered!! <33 /hj

?? U think so?? I think that there's just many ways people can relax, I knew this dude who would skip rocks at a nearby lake to relax. SHHUSH maybe I'll get a growth spurt or something ?? What about you then???

The salt n pepper look is actually really nice, I recommend it /t it's all done now, I'm gonna sleep so deeply that I'll be in a borderline coma. ..yay..? Look, I like frogs, and I actually used to have a worm farm when I was younger, but I think being turned into one is very different. Don't you think? A glass frog is something I'm down with becoming tho, they're so cool– "not very panna cotta-ish" oh boo >:(( are you sERIOUS– DARLING, you are very lovely and sweet and charming and many many lovely things, but sometimes I truly don't know how to respond to you.

As nice as that seems, I refuse to let my guard down around you >:(( How do I know you won't bite or pinch if I do so? /hj /t

..I think I've mentioned that my memory is bad, but ironically, I can't remember if I have... there is just no escape with you is there... I do!!

... yes yes!! I agree I agree :DDD ...I must admit, the only snails I've never really seen other snails besides the basic ones that you'd see in your backyard or in the mountains.... the Hinea brasiliana reminds me of vintage uranium/Vaseline glass!! Those are all really cool :DD the Janthina janthina reminds me of cornflowers and hydrangeas, and the liguus virgineus colors are really cool, I didn't expect their colors tho, it looks like someone painted on them. Are they actually naturally like that???

??? Why would glasses be there??? My wording would just be different, but either way, i guess it's a good thing I wanna stay single for a while then?? /ht? You are the only sentient crumb I know, Dove. I feel like if I even were to meet another crumb, I would be worried that they might be secretly rotten like you.. /ht

No no it's okay,, I'm happy with it on <33 no need to do any of that <333 ...well I say it's inconclusive due to biased opinions. Unfaithful?! Now you're just pinning negative words to my name!! >:((

-panna cotta

<3 you can with me~ why;; I thought you liked being pinched and bitten<///3 you should rethink your words, pie pie~ and before making decisions, LET'S TRY FOR NOW— /t

I mean, he throws stones because he is calmed by repetitive methodical actions and this plunges his brain into a trance, you can achieve the same when you do a routine, as it forces your brain to look for stimulation in another; but I'm not sure that writing puts the brain into a trance in the same way;;; unless you're not writing with your brain, but with something else /t /j /yes I know you won't get the joke HAHAHAHA /t /affectionate I'm sorry, dear, but you are not yeast and sleep is not water, so that you would be blown away from 140cm to two meters in height from a couple of hours shdghshsh /t /j I don't need to go to the factory!!! I'm still the same cutie, it's only you who spoiled me<333 /t /j /I know that's not what you meant, but<333 can't let you relax~

no thanks, I don't want to be a salt shaker if the food is bland sjdgdhdg besides, it suits you to look like that because you have a cute personality, while my personality is definitely not that sugary</333 /ht /hj /affectionate and how? did you sleep like in a coma? or was someone on the phone again until midnight?🤨 милашкерррррр<///33333 I can turn you into a spirobranchus giganteus, pseudoceros liparus, nembrotha kubaryana — but you still refuse? such a picky whimsy... /t /j

ahhh!!! what a cutiepies!!!!!! <3333333

goooosh,,,,, you'd be such a pretty glass frog :(((( I have to turn you into one!!! ,,,, but then you won't be a worm.... I have to think about it........

even more not panna cotta-ish from you :///// /t of course, we are STRANGERS, we know each other so LITTLE, so it's natural that sometimes we don't have WORDS, especially when it's a cutie like you(´,,•ω•,,) they often say this to me, dear, don't worry; it's hard to talk to me</3 especially when you are so tiny and small that you somehow fit in the palms of hands~ /t

ah!!! how dare you!!! it is forbidden to disturb sleeping and resting people!!! yes, I can be shameless (not as often as you, though), but I have the limits of decency!!! 3:<<< besides, what if you hit me out of fear or bite me awake???... I get it, I get it, you just don't want to lie on my thighs!!! you can just say that!!! no need to accuse me of other people's sins!!!<///3333 /t /j

😭we've had this conversation twice; you're terrible😭😭😭 of course, because you're a lazy guy who can't find that post, hehehe<3333 you don't have a chance in front of me~ you do??? you really that sure you're wrong??? i, i wasn't ready for this, but!!! I'm glad we found a common language😳😳😳 /t /j

heh heh heh, I'm glad you liked them~ they look like candy or like they're decorated with gouache, don't they? in fact, they have such a coloring because of chromophores (you know, which also have leaves), active throughout the life of snails, which is why they are so colorful<333 so yes, this is their natural coloring, but they are endemic, so you can't see them much where~ and they are endangered, yes

'hi hii lovely Dove <33 quick question,, do you have glasses??' I've already answered you about this, so you know that yes, of course, it's good!!! I can still kith kith you<3333 kith kith kith❤︎❤︎❤︎ although I'm joking about a new panna cotta and I know that you don't remember what I used to say about "another panna cotta", but it's more than mutual,,, besides, how can there be another crumb in your life??? I am the one and only🤨 the other crumbs are all fake; if I know there's another crumb, I'll bite it to death so that there is definitely only one /j 🤨🤨🤨

you've been at home so much lately; I'm sure you want to talk to me about it... you're just shy!!! but don't be shy, I'll be happy to crawl out and talk to you about it, we have so many interesting topics<3333 welcome to any educational institution, boo~ now we will do what needs to be done with you for such low marks<3 I don't need to attach them if they are already there🤨 after all, everyone knows that panna cottas is the main threat to any regime of crumbs!!! 3:<<< /t /j

I like that with 'rebellious' you didn't have a question, though;; sjdhjdhdjdh /t /j

[etiennelouisjuste]

Liguus virgineus, une espèce de gastéropode remarquablement belle, a été découverte en 2011 par une équipe de biologistes dans la région du Morne Basile, située dans le département de l'Artibonite, en Haïti. Cette espèce est endémique à Haïti, ce qui signifie qu'elle ne se trouve nulle part ailleurs dans le monde. Les coquilles de Liguus virgineus sont remarquables par leur variété de couleurs et de motifs, allant du rouge vif au jaune vif, en passant par le vert olive et le brun foncé. La beauté de ces coquilles les a rendues très prisées des collectionneurs de coquillages du monde entier. Cependant, en dépit de leur beauté, les populations de Liguus virgineus sont menacées. La destruction de leur habitat naturel, la collecte illégale et la surpêche sont autant de facteurs qui ont réduit leur nombre dans la nature. Des efforts sont en cours pour protéger cette espèce vulnérable et son habitat naturel en Haïti. La découverte de Liguus virgineus souligne l'importance de la préservation de la biodiversité en Haïti et dans le monde entier. En tant qu'espèce endémique unique à Haïti, Liguus virgineus est un trésor national qui doit être protégé pour les générations futures. ✍️ : Mayiti HT. #etiennnelouisjuste (at Haiti) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqfuRGpOv1n/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ainawgsd]

Land Snails-Liguus virgineus

Liguus virgineus, also known as the Candy Cane Snail or the "'Virgin Liguus'", is a species of air-breathing land snail. These snails live on trees and feed on moss, fungi and microscopic algae covering the bark. This species is native to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), east of Cuba.  However, over the past 25 years there have been at least three separate reports of living specimens being found in the Florida Keys (Key Largo, Long Key, Key West).

Shells of Liguus virgineus can reach a length of 30–60 millimeters (1.2–2.4 in). The background color of the shell is white or creamy-white, with thin bright spiral stripes of orange, purple and yellow. Shells of these land snails for years have been over-harvested for the shell craft trade. The destruction of the forest habitat and the commercial over collecting could lead to the extinction of this species. Now harvesting and selling these shells is forbidden by the law.

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

top five snails or slugs? :)

Oooh, yessss! I’ll do one of each. All photos are not mine and taken from the top of the respective species pages on inaturalist:

Snails:

1. polymita picta

2. liguus virgineus

3. rhinocochlis nasuta

4. indrella ampulla

5. amphidromus hamatus

I also adore every single semi-slug, a wonderful group of slugs with semi-vestigial shells. My personal favorite is gaeotis flavolineata:

Slugs: (and I’m doing helicina only, because sea slugs felt like cheating) 

1. Any Banana Slug, particularly ariolimax columbianus

2. arion rufus

3. pallifera costaricensis

4. bielzia coerulans

5. limax maximus

[geo-candy]

Liguus virgineus, known also as the candy cane snail.  The colors are produced by pigment glands in the mantle called chromophores, as the shell grows it spirals. Photo by José M Pantaleón

[growninhaiti]

Liguus virgineus, also known as the candy cane snail, is a species of tree-living snail native to Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic). Though it spends most of its life in trees, it descends to lay its eggs in moist soil. It consumes various kinds of lichens throughout its life, as well as twigs and small branches. Its shells have been discovered in midden heaps in the Dominican Republic, indicating that it was a food resource for indigenous peoples. Early European explorers to Hispaniola brought the shells back to Europe, and it has been depicted in scientific illustrations since 1684, making it first neotropical land snail that was scientifically illustrated. ・・・ #growninhaiti #haitiantreesnail #rainbowsnail #candycanesnail #LiguusVirgineus #wild #native #organic #edible #diet #mollusk #haiti #ayiti #hispaniola #fauna https://www.instagram.com/p/B7uLdq-le-a/?igshid=173zch3zravk3

[lovingexotics]

Candy Cane Snail Liguus virgineus Source: Here

[un-cerebro-hambriento]

Caracol de caramelo

Liguus virgineus, también conocido como “caracol de caramelo”, es un tipo de caracol terrestre caracterizado por su colorida concha.

[cerebrodigital]

La impresionante belleza de la #Naturaleza 😍. A simple vista pareciera un delicioso dulce de caramelo. Comúnmente se les conoce como "caracoles de algodón de azúcar", su nombre científico : Virgineus liguus.

[sabbathercio]

Isso não é um Doce senhoras e senhores, é a Liguus virgineus. #biologia #biology #ciências #science #moluscos https://www.instagram.com/p/CFCgPrbhPr6/?igshid=2kqf6pjngkga

[harikabilim]

Latince ismi, "liguus virgineus" olan salyangoz türü... Rengarenk süsleriyle yaratılmış bu sevimli salyongozda görüldüğü gibi Yüce Allah’ın yaratma sanatı çok detaylı ve çeşitlidir. Çeşitlilik, Yüce Allah’ın üstün aklının en büyük delillerinden biridir. https://t.co/XDPOaRQ2wB

Latince ismi, "liguus virgineus" olan salyangoz türü... Rengarenk süsleriyle yaratılmış bu sevimli salyongozda görüldüğü gibi Yüce Allah’ın yaratma sanatı çok detaylı ve çeşitlidir. Çeşitlilik, Yüce Allah’ın üstün aklının en büyük delillerinden biridir. http://pic.twitter.com/XDPOaRQ2wB

— Harika Bilim (@harika_bilim) November 20, 2017

via Twitter https://twitter.com/harika_bilim November 20, 2017 at 02:56PM