Snail ID

shorty2545 · Mar 28, 2024

I just found this snail. It seems to be killing the other snail. Anyone know what it is for sure. I think it’s a cone snail and I probably need to get rid of it

Reefkeepers Archive · Mar 28, 2024

With that shell I'm going to say definitely not cone snail, @ISpeakForTheSeas?

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Mar 28, 2024

shorty2545 said:
I just found this snail. It seems to be killing the other snail. Anyone know what it is for sure. I think it’s a cone snail and I probably need to get rid of it

Edit-- I finally saw the little snail! Yes, id remove it immediately!

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Mar 28, 2024

Reefkeepers Archive said:
With that shell I'm going to say definitely not cone snail, @ISpeakForTheSeas?

Took me a minute but I think the OP is asking about this:

Reefkeepers Archive · Mar 28, 2024

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal said:
Took me a minute but I think the OP is asking about this:

What part of the snail are we looking at?

zoanthony · Mar 28, 2024

shorty2545 said:
I just found this snail. It seems to be killing the other snail. Anyone know what it is for sure. I think it’s a cone snail and I probably need to get rid of it

Red banded trochus!

betareef · Mar 28, 2024

It's just a top shell on it's back, trying to turn itself over. Beneficial algae eater.

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Mar 28, 2024

Reefkeepers Archive said:
What part of the snail are we looking at?

The part circled in RED?

Reefkeepers Archive · Mar 28, 2024

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal said:
The part circled in RED?

Yes, but what PART of the snail is that? Are we looking at the back of the shell of the mystery snail? The siphon?

Goaway · Mar 28, 2024

I agree with @EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal

Reefkeepers Archive said:
Yes, but what PART of the snail is that? Are we looking at the back of the shell of the mystery snail? The siphon?

Its something i havent seen before.

Did my best to clean up the pic. The snail was killed and being eaten by whatever that thing is.

ISpeakForTheSeas · Mar 28, 2024

I agree that the thing circled in red looks odd/out of place.

OP - assuming that the thing circled in red is separate from the big snail in the pic, could you (very safely, not with your hands in case it is a cone snail) pull it out into a small container of tank water for pics of it under white light?