Help id this snail

[Rp8]

Can I get some help I'd this snail? Are they good, bad, or neutral? Bc they are some kinda ugly. They have a blue dot on the apex of the cone swirl. And my blues are at zero. I think it's my phone. Thanks!

 

[Llyod276]

Stomatella snail, harmless. Leave it be, it should go hide in your live rock and then come out at night. Looks like a new tank, hitchhiker? It may die on you if you dont have algea for it to eat...

 

[Rp8]

Looked big for a stomatella snail. Thanks!

 

[Rp8]

It's easily the size of a nickel. Do the get that big?

 

[Llyod276]

Yep about right size.... here this was the last time I ever saw mine. Its spewed eggs and died I guess.

 

[Alexopora]

Can I get some help I'd this snail? Are they good, bad, or neutral? Bc they are some kinda ugly. They have a blue dot on the apex of the cone swirl. And my blues are at zero. I think it's my phone. Thanks!

Definitely not a stomatella snail. Be careful as from your pictures alone, it looks like a Moon Snail from the family Naticidae. These guys are predatory and may feed on bivalves and other snails.

On whether it is good, bad or neutral I would lead towards bad or neutral. Depending on what you have in your tank, if you keep clams and snails (trochus, astrea, stomatella etc) this snail is most likely going to attack and eat them.

 

[Zer0]

Definitely not a stomatella snail. Be careful as from your pictures alone, it looks like a Moon Snail from the family Naticidae. These guys are predatory and may feed on bivalves and other snails.

On whether it is good, bad or neutral I would lead towards bad or neutral. Depending on what you have in your tank, if you keep clams and snails (trochus, astrea, stomatella etc) this snail is most likely going to attack and eat them.

Pretty good spot, I think you’re right about it being a moon snail. You can see the little swirl in its shell too, which stomatella don’t have.

 

[Alexopora]

Pretty good spot, I think you’re right about it being a moon snail. You can see the little swirl in its shell too, which stomatella don’t have.

Exactly, and its the really large foot that immediately came to mind. Stomatella have a long foot that extends behind while Moon snails have a really large foot that extends all around hence resembling Fleshy Limpets.

 

[Rp8]

Definitely not a stomatella snail. Be careful as from your pictures alone, it looks like a Moon Snail from the family Naticidae. These guys are predatory and may feed on bivalves and other snails.

On whether it is good, bad or neutral I would lead towards bad or neutral. Depending on what you have in your tank, if you keep clams and snails (trochus, astrea, stomatella etc) this snail is most likely going to attack and eat them.

Thanks, that looks spot on. The blue swirl and large foot gives it away. I'll rehome it this week. Thanks again, you really snailed it