Limpet?

[kirstyflash]

What is this little fella?

 

[Reeferdood]

Looks like a turbograzer, (Astrea tecta) and the top one looks like a Whelk of some sort

 

[kirstyflash]

Looks like a turbograzer, (Astrea tecta) and the top one looks like a Whelk of some sort

Top one is a turbo. The one in the middle of the pic def isn’t a turbo, the shell is cone shaped

 

[Reeferdood]

Top one is a turbo. The one in the middle of the pic def isn’t a turbo, the shell is cone shaped

Meant the bottom one...
Phones don’t work well for this app...[emoji16]

 

[Reeferdood]

Bottom is a whelk if some sort.

 

[kirstyflash]

It doesn’t have any of the characteristics of a whelk, plus it’s an algae grazer

 

[Reeferdood]

Sorry we can’t help ya..
Try google, maybe you will find out what the little fella is..

 

[kirstyflash]

Sorry we can’t help ya..
Try google, maybe you will find out what the little fella is..

Thanks anyway

 

[kirstyflash]

So it turns out...the so called ‘little’ guy isn’t little at all anymore. The original pic the shell is only 10mm diameter at the base. Now he is over 30mm diameter and still going. Also turns out he’s a trochus, not a limpet like I originally thought. But not like the trochus I am used to seeing with a smooth round cone shell, this ones shell has a wave to it. So just to recap-he has tripled in size over 4 months.

 

[reef lover]

Thanks for the update!