Hitchhiker snail ID

Jameson4 · Nov 9, 2021

I bought a live rock from lfs which I usually refrain from due to unwanted pests, but it was a cool rock. While It was in quarantine this hitch hiker snail came crawling out. Ive spent about as long as I want to on google trying to determine the ID of this guy. I believe it to be a Nerite snail. Would I be correct?

Thanks

vetteguy53081 · Nov 10, 2021

Looks like collanista snail

shakacuz · Nov 10, 2021

how big is it? collanista snails are generally VERY small. i actually found about 2-3 in my tank during a "night watch". thought i actually had baby turbo snails...

judging by the envelope, this could quite possibly be a turbo snail of some kind?

Jameson4 · Nov 10, 2021

shakacuz said:
how big is it? collanista snails are generally VERY small. i actually found about 2-3 in my tank during a "night watch". thought i actually had baby turbo snails...

judging by the envelope, this could quite possibly be a turbo snail of some kind?I've had him for a while now and its a pretty slow mover. I have 2 turbo snails that are far more active than this guy.

shakacuz said:
how big is it? collanista snails are generally VERY small. i actually found about 2-3 in my tank during a "night watch". thought i actually had baby turbo snails...

judging by the envelope, this could quite possibly be a turbo snail of some kind?

My turbo snails run circles around this guy. Had him for about 6 month now. Wasn’t until I ran into an green hair algae bloom that I started wondering what he was. Grabbed 2 turbo snails and they munch like crazy on the hair algae. This one not near the appetite.

Soren · Nov 10, 2021

That looks like a nerite snail to me.
Can you get a picture of the opening in the shell?

shakacuz · Nov 10, 2021

Jameson4 said:
My turbo snails run circles around this guy. Had him for about 6 month now. Wasn’t until I ran into an green hair algae bloom that I started wondering what he was. Grabbed 2 turbo snails and they munch like crazy on the hair algae. This one not near the appetite.

a picture of the opening will help finalize the ID. i am leaning towards turbo snail still

Jameson4 · Nov 10, 2021

Soren said:
That looks like a nerite snail to me.
Can you get a picture of the opening in the shell?

Jameson4 · Nov 10, 2021

shakacuz said:
a picture of the opening will help finalize the ID. i am leaning towards turbo snail still

See below post for more pictures

Soren · Nov 10, 2021

Jameson4 said:
See below post for more pictures

Now I'm not sure. It still resembles a nerite, but my nerites have more spherical shells rather than the curled pyramid shape this one seems to have, particularly looking at the offset in shell roundness in the last picture.

It seems a bit more like a turbo snail to me now.

Jameson4 · Nov 10, 2021

Soren said:
Now I'm not sure. It still resembles a nerite, but my nerites have more spherical shells rather than the curled pyramid shape this one seems to have, particularly looking at the offset in shell roundness in the last picture.

It seems a bit more like a turbo snail to me now.

Now I'm not sure. It still resembles a nerite, but my nerites have more spherical shells rather than the curled pyramid shape this one seems to have, particularly looking at the offset in shell roundness in the last picture.

Soren said:
It seems a bit more like a turbo snail to me now.

ok it’s lack of “turbo” was throwing me towards Nerite. Was there a specific species of turbo you think? Here is a pic of the 2 turbo snails I recently grabbed that seemed to be attached to each other at the moment. They make laps around my tank grazing like crazy.