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Indrella ampulla
These snails are common throughout the western ghats and can be seen in large numbers during the monsoons feasting on the fungi/mushroom that grows on the dead/living tree. It is native species and found only in the western ghats of India. These are one of the largest snails in India. Unlike the invasive species of snails these snails donot destroy the plants instead as i said earlier will feed on fungi, thereby protecting the trees form parasitic fungi. These are snails bright red in color and rarely can be seen in pale yellowish red color.
Moist tree trunks, dead wood where bracket fungi has grown.
Spotted on Mar 11, 2015
Submitted on Mar 11, 2015
9 Comments
Awesome!!
Beautiful! Congrats for being nominated for SOTW!
Great spotting.. congrats!!!
Thank you friends :)
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
Now that is a beautiful snail! Thank you for sharing :)
Absolutely beautiful Karthik - good job ! The information you've given makes the spotting outstanding. Thanks for sharing this.
Yes just lovely I agree with Emily
Gosh is that beautiful!