Wild Caught Snail Identification?

[BeginnerKeeper]

Hello all,

I caught a large wild snail yesterday and intend to keep him/her/them as a pet. I've always loved snails and wanted a pet one, but I also want to obey the nationwide (U.S.) ban on importing them or shipping them across state lines. So my wild friend is my solution. I have him set up in a small tank with compost soil, sphagnum moss, and climbing branches, and he's been exploring today.

I'm very curious as to what species he is, and hopefully giving some details here will help identify him. He was found on a farm in North Carolina after a rainy day, crawling up the bole of a tree. He's unusually large for an NC snail, just under the size of a quarter. His shell is brown with a slightly raised whorl, and some depressions run along the back and top of his shell, although I don't know if these are natural markings or the result of some injury. He has a visible pneumostome (a new word to me haha) or breathing pore above his body, which is black. I'm posting some pictures which should clarify my description.

My cautious identification of him, done after some Googling and consulting a guide to snails of the Great Smoky Mountains, is that he is a Mesomphix cupreus or copper button snail. I'm quite likely wrong though, so if anyone can correct me or give a better ID, I would appreciate it!

 

[egyptiancrow]

can you show the shell, preferably not through the enclosure?

 

[Edan bandoot]

looks like a bunny

 

[BeginnerKeeper]

Apologies for the delay in responding. I will post more photos from outside the enclosure later, but at the moment my snail (now dubbed Morgan) has decided to hide, and I don't want to stress him with handling. When he shows himself, I'll take more photos. For now, here is a third picture that shows the shell and the scratches on it from a different angle.

Funny and true that you say he looks like a bunny. I recently discovered aquatic rabbit snails and am now in love, but space and money dictate Morgan is the only snail for a while. The person who let me catch him off their farm said he looked like an alien, and I can see that too!

 

[egyptiancrow]

Apologies for the delay in responding. I will post more photos from outside the enclosure later, but at the moment my snail (now dubbed Morgan) has decided to hide, and I don't want to stress him with handling. When he shows himself, I'll take more photos. For now, here is a third picture that shows the shell and the scratches on it from a different angle.

Funny and true that you say he looks like a bunny. I recently discovered aquatic rabbit snails and am now in love, but space and money dictate Morgan is the only snail for a while. The person who let me catch him off their farm said he looked like an alien, and I can see that too! View attachment 410006

closer is better too, with more light. everything helps to ID even the texture of the body and shell
i could make guesses but thered be at least 8 species in that guess list. when you get get those phots let me know.