Black snail beatle?
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Sadly, the photo's not showing for me. (Which could very well be my machine...)
~Bruce
~Bruce
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I don't see the photo either. Hoping it is a black stomatella though. I have one in my tank and he is sweet.
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It was late, sorry to leave you hanging. I found this on the back side of some live rock, He definitely doesn't like the light, as soon as i turn the rock he High tails it to the underside.
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Does it stretch out at all, have eyes or antenna? How fast does it move?It was late, sorry to leave you hanging. I found this on the back side of some live rock, He definitely doesn't like the light, as soon as i turn the rock he High tails it to the underside.
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yes he stretches out and and has a body just like a snail, is over an inch and definitely has a face but was hard to distinguish the features, the hard shell is like a Pistachio shell, just covering the topside, at first i thought it was a beatle.
Sure looks like a black Stomatella snail to me ... Pretty cool detective work, @Dsnakes!
This guy's a fine member of your cleanup crew, and will browse algae from the rockwork all night long, if you let him. Stomatella comes in a lot of different colors, including geometric patterns and a mottled "coralline liverock" look.
~Bruce
This guy's a fine member of your cleanup crew, and will browse algae from the rockwork all night long, if you let him. Stomatella comes in a lot of different colors, including geometric patterns and a mottled "coralline liverock" look.
~Bruce
It looks like a cowry, to me, maybe Cypraea asselus or Luria isabella.
If it's a cowry and you touch it, it will pick up the cloak and show its shell.
Best Regards
If it's a cowry and you touch it, it will pick up the cloak and show its shell.
Best Regards
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I'd say if you have one, you have a few more. Mine stay on the rocks during the day and when the lights go out, they cover the glass. They reproduce readily.
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I tried to remove to get a better look but he was stubborn and as soon as i let go he started traveling to the underside. Definitely not Bashful other than not liking the intense lights.
