I need some help identifying this weird snail eating creature in a friend’s tank. We’re not sure what it is, but it seems to keep eating a lot of their snails. It’s the bigger shell, not the Trochus in the second picture.
Carnivorous snail like critter??
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Let see what @ISpeakForTheSeas has to say
That's a Murex/Muricid Snail (taxonomic family Muricidae) of some kind; they're typically predators of mollusks (i.e. bivalves [clams, oysters, scallops, mussels, etc.] and gastropods [snails]).
Beautiful shells, but not reef-safe.
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Just another girl who likes fish
Definitely not a whelk...
