I’d help please
- Thread starter cclarky
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Too blue. I can't see much. Try to get better more accurate picture and crop it so that the animal in question is in the middle.
There is a Astrea snail on the glass. Is this what you asked about? If this is not it, you just have to do better in the photo department. 
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encrustingacro
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It doesn't look like an astraea to me. Shape doesn't look right.There is a Astrea snail on the glass. Is this what you asked about? If this is not it, you just have to do better in the photo department.
Also, that picture you posted is of a lithopoma snail not astraea snail. True astraeas look like this:
ChiCity
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Astraea is a genus of snails. There are a number of species in the Astraea genus and they don't all look the same.It doesn't look like an astraea to me. Shape doesn't look right.
Also, that picture you posted is of a lithopoma snail not astraea snail. True astraeas look like this:
encrustingacro
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There is only one accepted species of Astraea: A. heliotropium. This species is from New Zealand, far from the Carribean where the 'astraea' snails of the hobby are collected.
WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Astraea Röding, 1798
marinespecies.org
@encrustingacro
I am not a snail expert for sure. All I know is Astraea is a genus of snails. I never bother to ID the snails we bought as Astrea or Turbo snails to the species specific. I take your words on this since you seem to know more about this.
I am not a snail expert for sure. All I know is Astraea is a genus of snails. I never bother to ID the snails we bought as Astrea or Turbo snails to the species specific. I take your words on this since you seem to know more about this.
