Snail id good or bad ?!

[Arturs Millers]

 

[TheEngineer]

Looks like a whelk. Bad guy, if it is. Got a pic of the underside?

 

[Arturs Millers]

Looks like a whelk. Bad guy, if it is. Got a pic of the underside?

 

[TheEngineer]

I'm 85% sure that's a whelk. @Lionfish Lair could make a positive ID. I'd segregate it from your tank for now.

 

[Arturs Millers]

I'm 85% sure that's a whelk. @Lionfish Lair could make a positive ID. I'd segregate it from your tank for now.

ok i will wait for more replays . yes i have it now in plastic container found him today at my dead white porcelain crab body parts !! ;(

 

[TheEngineer]

That could just be a coincidence but the patterning on the skin and the shape of the shell say "whelk" to me but I don't want to condemn a helpless snail in the wrong place at the wrong time

 

[KJ]

^^^A+ Whelk.

 

[Hyde2406]

I'm no expert at all but I have a few that look similar, the little periscope from under the sand, they come out like crazy when I feed my anemones

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Ya, I would remove that. It looks like it comes from the Buccinidae family.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Would you be able to get a picture of the full shell? It would be fantastic if you could freeze it, remove the snail meat and take a picture without him in there, but I know that's a lot to task for O.O

 

[Arturs Millers]

Would you be able to get a picture of the full shell? It would be fantastic if you could freeze it, remove the snail meat and take a picture without him in there, but I know that's a lot to task for O.O

will this do ?

https://i.imgsafe.org/608280945e.jpg

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That's a great picture. I would remove that beauty.