Snail ID

Suohhen · Jul 12, 2020

I got two of these from the local fish store, I asked for cerith snails and this is what they gave me...

BighohoReef · Jul 12, 2020

Looks like a Florida Cerith or a nassarius. Can you take a pic from the top side?

Suohhen · Jul 12, 2020

That is what I thought but to me the shell looks too blunt and usually cerith seem more come shaped, but ofc their is a lot of variance especially once they are this big. Sorry for the crappy pic, next time I see it I'll take it out

Suohhen · Jul 13, 2020

Found it.

Suohhen · Jul 15, 2020

BighohoReef said:
Looks like a Florida Cerith or a nassarius. Can you take a pic from the top side?

Here is a directly overtop shot

BighohoReef · Jul 15, 2020

I think that is a nassarius shell see number 7 in the link below.

Fig. 2. A selection of Nassarius spp. from South Africa and the Indian...

Download scientific diagram | A selection of Nassarius spp. from South Africa and the Indian Ocean: 1. N. kraussianus, 2. N. kochianus, 3. N. arcularia plicatus, 4. N. (Hebra) subspinosus, 5. N. quantulus, 6. N. pyramidalis, 7. N. speciosus. (Credit: Oz Rittner, the Steinhardt Museum of Natural...

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Suohhen · Jul 16, 2020

BighohoReef said:
I think that is a nassarius shell see number 7 in the list.

Interesting, that does seem pretty spot on. I have yet to see it in the sand tho and it usually hangs out up high on the tops of rocks with the herbivores but it could be finding bits of left over food or something. Also it does not have a visible siphon that is typical of Nassarius Snails however so I don't think it is a Nassarius, but I do appreciate you finding that link for me! Here is some more information about the Speciosus http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=730487