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My favorite snail
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:56 pm
by danielmiller82
I never bought this snail...it just showed up one day about 1/4 inch and started growing to its current size a little smaller than 1 inch. He was actually on the glass Here is an extreme closeup of him.... notice his leopard spots.... and the reflection of the lens in the glass. Does anyone know what kind of snail this is???
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:09 am
by snoopdog
Shit looks like a Conch.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:41 am
by mykpoz
was my thought too
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:17 am
by danielmiller82
good or bad or what?
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:18 pm
by andy4499
As far as I know they are good.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:28 pm
by Brandon
It's a whelk. Have you noticed a diminishing population in your snails lately?
I'm not Dr. Shimek, so I don't know if that is the carnivorous preying type or not from the picture. Might post it in the id section on reefcentral to get him to identify it for you.
Nassarius is on the left, and whelk is on the right
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:45 pm
by danielmiller82
no snails dead except for the occasional one that falls over and gets eaten by the hermits. had him for quite a while now. I think you are correct in IDing it as a whelk.