Astrea Snail

[Reef.]

Are Spiny astrea the same thing as Turbo Astrea snails?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

To the best of my knowledge, they are different species in the same genus, with the Spiny Astraea being Lithopoma phoebia, and the Turbo Astraea being Lithopoma tectum. That's my understanding.

 

[WheatToast]

To the best of my knowledge, they are different species in the same genus, with the Spiny Astraea being Lithopoma phoebia, and the Turbo Astraea being Lithopoma tectum. That's my understanding.

+1. Lithopoma tectum is now accepted as Lithopoma americanum.

 

[Reef.]

Thanks…would you say one is better than the other for eating algae off rocks?