1. These apple snails lay gelatinous masses of eggs on submerged portions of plants. 2. The apple snail is a keystone species in Pantanal's ecosystem. 3. Apple snails inhabit various ecosystems : ponds, swamps and rivers.4. The larger apple snail will also prey upon ramshorn snails. 5. The shell is quite thin compared to other family members of the apple snail family. 6. Research has demonstrated that water-level control in the Everglades is depleting the population of apple snails . 7. Development has destroyed wetlands _ cutting back the apple snail population and starving the snail kites. 8. For example, Florida apple snails ( " Pomacea paludosa " ) are an amphibious fresh water mollusk. 9. In Florida the distribution of apple snails is the best predictor of where limpkins can be found. 10. ""'Lanistes bicarinatus " "'is a species of large freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails .
