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Found this very large hitchhiking snail of which I've never seen before.

The mystery of this beast dates back a few months ago. After a extended three week business trip I spotted it thinking at the time it was a Turbo Snail and a very large one at that.... Except I've never put a turbo in this tank. During that time I had a maintence man over and thought he possibly for what ever reason gave it to me. After that initial spotting I proceeded to give everything else the once over and thought nothing of it that night. The next day I asked the maintence guy about it to which he laughed and said no, it wasn't him. Due to it being a Turbo I kinda chuckled but really never did look into it further until tonight when I spotted him again, at night.

Based on the total disappearance during the day and the spottings at night I take it for being nocturnal. After closer examination it appears to have a truck like snout with two eyes. Actually the best way to describe it is a Hybrid Turbo due to the size and shape of the shell and a Stomatella due to it's snout and eyes.

Any ideas?
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no way man thats way too big to be a stomatella besides look at the shell its raised and pointy which is not a characteristic of stomatellas looks almost like a mexican turbo to me
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Landon;791493 wrote: Zebra Striped Turbo?? http://www.aquacon.com/snails.html">http://www.aquacon.com/snails.html</a>[/QUOTE]

Maybe... The size description seems right. I need to see the actual snail portion to verify. I'm driving atm so that will have to wait.
 
It's huge, close to 3"! Plus its extremely fast for a snail. In a one hour time frame it had lapped my 8 ft tank twice.

I'm thinking its a Fukushima Turbo.
 
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