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Just a different color variant then? Maybe OP should see if they can right themselves lol. I'd be interested to know!
Are these trochus snails?
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So basically, turban snails.google tectus...
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Again, turbans are very closely related to trochus.
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agree ,stronger ,can right themself, plain version of trochus
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Interesting. I only order trochus from Reef Cleaners now because I don't like to buy my wrasse expensive snacks that are supposed to be part of my CUC, lol. If they can't right themselves, they get eaten. Darn wrasse has killed 4 huge turbos even! He's lucky he's one of my favorite fish lol.
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Sure, I'm not knowledgeable enough to confirm nor deny this. Just feeling a bit weird paying for 1 thing and getting something a bit different. Maybe like paying for a yellow belly regal angel but getting a Grey belly angel... same is thing different part of the world, looks different...
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Well now that I've Googled tectus snails, I want some of those!
I recently ordered some trochus snails online and got these. I am a bit confused that these snails didn't have the typical black body with the brownish "trap door" that all my other trochus snails have. It's clearly different from what the online picture depicts too, which is you
typical purple shelled with black feet.
But then again, I'm no snail invert... so I'd love to know if folks have had trochus snails of different variety and whether I am being worried over a non issue...
Could be this which is still a trochus snail, just not the one you were expecting.
They are highly variable so don’t get hooked up on the color of the shell.
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Hard to say without seeing the body or trap door. One thing is certain, these snails don't have the hard white trap door that my other astreas have.Could be this which is still a trochus snail, just not the one you were expecting.
They are highly variable so don’t get hooked up on the color of the shell.
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the rings on shell are dead giveaway tectus snails, run exact same price wholesale as trochus
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Right?! I love wrasses so I've resigned myself to the fact that snails are on the menu and I'll have to replenish them regularly. It's funny that he unalived the big turbo snails, but hasn't touched the tiny baby nassarius I have... probably because they mostly come out after dark when the wrasse is asleep in the sand, lol.
