Cerith?

[kenny80]

What snail is this? Found it on my button polyps, thought it was a cerith at first but the shell is smoother than other ceriths i've seen.

 

[bios]

It seem to be a pyramidellidae if is it remove immediately all they eat and demage clams

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That looks like an Epitonium aka Wentletrap.

 

[kenny80]

That looks like an Epitonium aka Wentletrap.

Good or bad? He's in my fuge atm.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Bad. They pierce through and suck the juice out of corals. I found one on my zoanthids.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Here's mine....

This link has more photos of mine and others'.

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/snail-epitonium/

 

[kenny80]

I'll get rid then. Will anything eat him if I crack the shell?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I would just take them out. They are brutal. I had a sundial snail tank that I would feed regularly, but this guy ate me out of house and home.

 

[kenny80]

Ok thanks.