Id please

[LIreefguy]

Anyone know what this is

 

[Jimmy Elder]

Looks like a Nassarius.....sand sifting snail

 

[LIreefguy]

its not that. i have those this looks different in person, but thank you for the reply

 

[reef lover]

Looks whelkish.

 

[LIreefguy]

might be. are those bad?

 

[c.poindexter]

Whelks are a predatory snail towards other snails. They usually cruise around the glass and the rock work rather than burying themselves in the sand like a Nassarius

 

[LIreefguy]

just an update, not sure if you guys no pagojoe from another website (wont name) but he said its a cronia or one of the overlapping genera and i should probably remove. i do have it in my refugium.

just lost my 2 really big Mexican turbo snails, i wonder if this much littler guy was the cause.

 

[Brittany Marie]

I was going to say the cancellaria genus. Check your turbo’s shells and see if they have holes. If so, then definitely within the muricidae family.

 

[LIreefguy]

thank you i will check tonight. the shell i think looks the most like scalariformis or scalata
wiitch is really strange i dont want to kill it now, ,my last name is scala. feel like its a cousin.

 

[Brittany Marie]

thank you i will check tonight. the shell i think looks the most like scalariformis or scalata
wiitch is really strange i dont want to kill it now, ,my last name is scala. feel like its a cousin.

Also take a look at the siphonal canal. The family that was given to you on the other site has a canal that is closed or nearly closed. Even with the snail body out, I feel like that canal is open.

 

[LIreefguy]

You know a lot about snails too
I’ll check when I find it

It’s in my 55 gallon fugium so might take me a couple weeks

 

[Brittany Marie]

You know a lot about snails too
I’ll check when I find it

It’s in my 55 gallon fugium so might take me a couple weeks

Haha thank you! I don’t know a whole lot. I have a few helpful books. I’ve just started a new job a few weeks ago where I ID benthic species, so whenever I see a post like this I feel the need to challenge myself.

Gastropods are so hard to identify though! If you do find it and get more pictures I can show my trainer at work

 

[LIreefguy]

Here is the turbo snail that died
Found the snail today eating the rest of it


Here is the snail

 

[KJ]

Looks whelkish.

Agree.

 

[reef lover]

Narrow siphon canal and trap door on body confirms it...sump or dump.

 

[Brittany Marie]

Oh no!!! That sucks. Well at least you know for sure