Singapore Spiral Snails

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I went into a pet store yesterday and saw some interesting-looking snails.
They were a long cone shape, mottled brown colour, being kept in cold water (with goldfish).
They guy said they were called Singapore Spirals, although he didn't seem to know anything about them except the price; in fact he had to look up the name in a catalogue.
Is anyone familiar with this snail, and able to tell me the species name?
I imagine it could be one of a thousand different species, but I thought I'd give it a try...:turtle:
 
Last I heard of one, it looked like a trapdoor with ridges, similar to Celetaia persculpta. Though if it's "long cone shaped", what I saw could've just been a young one. A picture would certainly help.
 
Spiral melongena.. sounds like a disease. But that's an awesome snail. It also looks like a saltwater one, not a freshwater snail. Especially if it's eating barnacles. I've spotted a lot of weird pond critters in my goldfish tank (thanks to incoming plant buys), but I don't expect to see any barnacles in there.

I just looked up melongena.. yes, that's a variety of conch snail which is salty, not fresh. Maybe they're salting their goldfish tank a bit to pass these off as freshwater snails? I wouldn't trust that.
 
Kashta said:
Spiral melongena.. sounds like a disease. But that's an awesome snail. It also looks like a saltwater one, not a freshwater snail. Especially if it's eating barnacles. I've spotted a lot of weird pond critters in my goldfish tank (thanks to incoming plant buys), but I don't expect to see any barnacles in there.

I just looked up melongena.. yes, that's a variety of conch snail which is salty, not fresh. Maybe they're salting their goldfish tank a bit to pass these off as freshwater snails? I wouldn't trust that.
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I can believe that. I once picked up some orandas with no idea how salty their water had slowly become. The hobbyist who had them before me did not realize that salt does not evaporate. I had already diluted their bucket water and saw "heat lines" that indicated their water was saltier than my fresh water. The hydrometer measured their diluted water at 1.010, about half the salinity of a salt tank.
 
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