What is this? Snail ID

[kirru]

I bought this sometime ago from a LFS and was sold it to be safe.

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I don't see it all that much and when I was feeding my scoly and nem a piece of silver side and then I cleaned up the mp40, so i was stirring up settled detritus and it showed up.

I quickly removed it, snapped a few pictures and put it in a container with lid and vents and put in my sump.

Now is this thing reef safe? I have had a few wrasses that I bought and hid and they never surfaced.. this was about 3-4 months ago. Maybe longer.

Edit: well, looks like the link failed soo i can't edit, which is dumb, so just click on it

 

[1mbrews8]

cant get it to work..

 

[frantz]

I'm not a snail guy, but here is the proper link...
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Edit: Its not a video, i'm not sure why it shows up that way

 

[kirru]

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I put up two separate links...

Edit: Good that worked... must of been something with the way it copied

 

[jennm]

Looks like a stomatella to me, albeit a more ornate one than I typically see.

 

[hud3339]

JennM;688958 wrote: Looks like a stomatella to me, albeit a more ornate one than I typically see.

The shell looks to big to me

 

[kirru]

Not a stomatella.. shell is just as big as the foot

 

[Jaycen B.]

It is some kind of cowrie. Keep a eye on it some of them may be predatory.

 

[kirru]

I have it in a container seperated from the DT as I am curious as this is why all my wrasses have disappeared too.

i am thinking putting it in the fuge or skimmer section to clean up the nasty stuff covering the bottom.

 

[jennm]

Yeah I can see where it might be a cowrie - the way it's sitting in the photo it's kind of twisted up a bit. Does its mantle come right out and cover the shell over sometimes? If so, then it's a cowrie. There are lots of different kinds - some good, not so good.

You said you bought it... what was it sold to you as?

When I first saw the markings on the shell, my first thought was cone snail, but from the pic, the shape didn't match up right - but that's a possibility too. If it's a cone snail, it's dangerous - to you. Highly venomous.

Does it have a "snorkel"? (a proboscis) If it's got a rigid one, it can spear and inject venom. Not cool. Not safe either.

Jenn

 

[kirru]

Just got home and looked at it, party of it covers the front portion of the shell where its head is. It also, has a snorkel. When I took the pic it was laying on its shell, was not happy. It's soft and stretches. Has a spear looking front that looks good for going through the sand. It is still separated from anything living.

 

[jennm]

Hmmm... that sounds like a cone snail. Try googling that term and see if anything you find resembles what you have.

Cones are dangerous and predatory and can harm YOU.

I don't think I can recall ever seeing a cowrie with a proboscis.

Jenn

 

[kirru]

mm ok. i will get some better pictures to confirm but for now its just chilling.. now if it is bad, can i just keep it in the fuge or the skimmer area to eat all the nasty stuff? or will it?

Edit: o, also, it was sold to me as a olive snail.. about $6.00 worth..

Edit: cone snail shells are cone shaped right? if so, this shell it like a cylinder with like a point at one end.

i'll be getting better pics when my battery charges up good.

 

[ralph atl]

 

[frantz]

This doesn't look like a cone snail to me... but (not to hi-jack the thread) check these videos out of cone snails.. they are nasty little buggers! I never heard of em till i read this thread

 

[lilrobb]

I say Olive snail...

 

[ivegotcrabs]

tag

 

[kirru]

Tag?

 

[ivegotcrabs]

Kirru;689172 wrote: Tag?

tagging along....to see what kind of snail.........duh.......

 

[kirru]

haha, ok. it was sold to me as a Olive Snail, still trying to identify it tho