Despite being a hermaphrodite (has both reproductive organs), the snail must mate for fertilization to happen. Snails are then either in the male or male/female phase. When two fellow snails meet, they interlock in a head to foot position, each one trying to sting the other, stimulated by their calcareous stings/darts.
					The length of time between mating and egg-laying depends on the temperature and the hydrometry. 15 days are usually required. The snail digs a hole 3-4 centimeters deep where it buries the anterior part of its body. About 80 to 130 eggs each measuring 4 mm in diameter, are laid in one sitting. Each sitting can take up to several hours. Afterwards, the snail covers the hole. We have noted that there is high parent mortality after egg-laying.
The incubation period lasts between 14 and 30 days depending on the temperature. At birth, the young snail is already formed. It weighs 27 mg on average and its shell measures about 3 mm. The young snail stays in its nest a few days and eats organic residue and debris from it's shell.