Description
The rabbit snail is a large snail with an elongated shell up to 10 cm, an intense orange or yellow body and a head with two long tentacles reminiscent of a rabbit's ears. It is slow, peaceful and striking, and does not eat healthy plants.
It comes from Sulawesi lakes with warm, alkaline water, and that is its demand: it does not do well in cool or acidic water, and in a temperate community tank it slowly fades away.
It is livebearing and slow: the female releases a single large, fully formed young every so often. It never becomes a pest.
Habitat
It comes from the Malili lakes of Sulawesi, above all Lake Towuti: clear, warm, slightly alkaline water with stone and sand bottoms.
In the aquarium it wants stable, warm, alkaline water, a sandy bottom and some sinking food, because a clean tank does not offer enough for its size.
🌊 Water parameters
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Compatible fish
General guidance based on water parameters, behaviour and known exceptions; always review the individual animals' and aquarium's specific needs.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–27 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–27 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–27 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–30 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26–28 °C.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26–28 °C.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26–28 °C.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–27 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26–27 °C.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–27 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–27 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
Compatible invertebrates
General guidance based on water parameters, behaviour and known exceptions; always review the individual animals' and aquarium's specific needs.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–27 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5–8.5 and 26–29 °C.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26–28 °C.
They share water: pH 7.5–8.5 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26–27 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5–8.5 and 27–30 °C.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5 and 26 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5–8.5 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26–28 °C.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26–28 °C.
They share water: pH 7.5–8 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
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They share water: pH 7.5–8.5 and 26–28 °C. They only meet at the very edge, so the tank has to hold that value.
Sources
- GBIFGBIF Secretariat (2026). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei. Consultado vía GBIF.org, 2026-08. Tylomelania.
GBIF does not list Tylomelania zemis as a species: the citation is for the genus. The species name is the one used in the trade and in the Lake Towuti literature.
The care values (pH, temperature and hardness) have no citable source: none of the accepted sources publishes invertebrate profiles. Seriously Fish has none and PlanetCatfish does not respond. A source for invertebrates is still to be agreed.