Coral on snail shell?

[Eliash]

Hello everyone,

I bought some snails couple weeks ago, and I noticed this thing encrusting on one of the snails shell, could that be some type of coral?

Side Note: Please ignore the GHA, I've been battling it for 2 months with good results (yeah it was much worse).

Thanks.

 

[Sean Clark]

Looks like it. Pretty cool in my opinion.

 

[bnord]

its a 2/fer
that is a good size frag from some vendors...

and good luck with the algae...

 

[Sean Clark]

its a 2/fer
that is a good size frag from some vendors...

and good luck with the algae...

Maybe even a "small colony" from some...

 

[Eliash]

Thanks for the replies everyone, any possible ID of thie freebie?

 

[damsels are not mean]

methinks it is leptastrea

 

[shakacuz]

methinks it is leptastrea

i thought so too, but i am leaning towards stylocoeniella now. 2-3 of the polyps have stems/stalks that do indicate it's not a leptastrea.

 

[damsels are not mean]

could also be bernardpora

 

[shakacuz]

could also be bernardpora

that would be a good score for the OP. i mean regardless, he got a free coral. but you don't see bernardpora's often!