Mollusca

Radix balthica - the wandering pond snail

A freshwater gastropod which as an embryo develops inside an egg mass. At 15 °C this whole process takes two weeks. Here, we see the whole process recorded for just a single embryo and presented in 6.5 minutes. 

Look below to see how this process looks with embryos developing inside the egg mass.



Lymnaea stagnalis - the great pond snail.


Littorina littorea - the common periwinkle