Orange snail?!?

[Blooming123]

Recieved what was supposed to be a bunch of scarlet hermit crabs. Initially thought that this was just a cool shell someone was using. After it was in the tank I realized it was a snail when it was crawling on the glass. Thinking maybe a conch?? Not sure if it’s a bad for the tank and I should remove it.
RB

 

[reef lover]

Reminds me of a cone snail...which is venomous...
@KJ

 

[KJ]

Conus sp.
https://www.google.com/search?q=con...ved=0ahUKEwjszdrDhJ3gAhVEGt8KHdrnBm4Q_AUIDigB

 

[Ron Reefman]

It does look a bit like a young conch, especially a young Florida fighting conch... but it's not.

It is a cone and they are carnivores and spear throwers (a spine like tip on their foot) and venomous to small animals. They may go after snails, crabs, shrimp and even small fish. Most are not really harmful to humans, but there are a couple species that will make you wish you had been much more careful when you handled them.

 

[Blooming123]

Conus sp.
https://www.google.com/search?q=con...ved=0ahUKEwjszdrDhJ3gAhVEGt8KHdrnBm4Q_AUIDigB

Thanks! This is definitely it. Shell looks just like this.

 

[Blooming123]

It does look a bit like a young conch, especially a young Florida fighting conch... but it's not.

It is a cone and they are carnivores and spear throwers (a spine like tip on their foot) and venomous to small animals. They may go after snails, crabs, shrimp and even small fish. Most are not really harmful to humans, but there are a couple species that will make you wish you had been much more careful when you handled them.

Thanks for the help. Guess I’ll be removing it from the tank.
RB

 

[Blooming123]

Thanks for all the help. Guess I should have guessed it was poisonous seeing the bright orange shell and body.
RB

 

[Ron Reefman]

Thanks for all the help. Guess I should have guessed it was poisonous seeing the bright orange shell and body.
RB

Not trying to be critical here, just trying to share information. And these are points I didn't understand until I became a Shell Ambassador at the Bailey Matthews National Shell Museum on Sanibel Island in SW Florida.

A) The Cone snail is not poisonous but venomous, there is a difference. Poisonous means if you eat or drink it it's toxic. Venomous means if it bites you, stings you, spears you or in the case of some frogs and jellyfish if you even touch it you get the toxin.

B) Lots of shells are bright colors, that really isn't a good way to identify a mollusk as either poisonous or venomous (they can be either).

 

[Blooming123]

Not trying to be critical here, just trying to share information. And these are points I didn't understand until I became a Shell Ambassador at the Bailey Matthews National Shell Museum on Sanibel Island in SW Florida.

A) The Cone snail is not poisonous but venomous, there is a difference. Poisonous means if you eat or drink it it's toxic. Venomous means if it bites you, stings you, spears you or in the case of some frogs and jellyfish if you even touch it you get the toxin.

B) Lots of shells are bright colors, that really isn't a good way to identify a mollusk as either poisonous or venomous (they can be either).

Sorry to have miss worded, I do understand venomous verses poisonous and that color isn’t necessarily an indicator. Just, in nature, bright colors, for example tree frogs, can indicate the presence of a toxin or venom. Was hoping it was a brightly colored snail that I could keep, but seems the concensus is to remove it.

 

[Blooming123]

I removed it. Here is a better pic.