Snail ID?

[Sunshine3387]

Just found this cute little guy, doesn't look like any of the snails I currently have. I believe it may be a tiny one that was a hitch hiker months ago and survived. I was told they grow their own shells and the tiny ones that were riding on my turbos were way too small to ID when I got them. Any idea what this could be? It's about the size of my pinky nail.

 

[Maritimer]

Are we looking at the little fellow sliding along the glass near the bottom of the photo?

Not easy to tell from the bottom of his foot, but could be a Stomatella. Their shells never really get much more impressive than a pinky-nail, but the snails themselves are terrific little cleaner-uppers.

~B.

 

[JGT]

Just found this cute little guy, doesn't look like any of the snails I currently have. I believe it may be a tiny one that was a hitch hiker months ago and survived. I was told they grow their own shells and the tiny ones that were riding on my turbos were way too small to ID when I got them. Any idea what this could be? It's about the size of my pinky nail.

Don’t see anything in pic. Pic with less blue lights would help.

 

[Sunshine3387]

Are we looking at the little fellow sliding along the glass near the bottom of the photo?

Not easy to tell from the bottom of his foot, but could be a Stomatella. Their shells never really get much more impressive than a pinky-nail, but the snails themselves are terrific little cleaner-uppers.

~B.

The one on the glass, sorry it's a bad photo. My phone hates blue light. The other ones are turbos, margarita, and bumble bees so this shell I've not seen before. It may have been a hitchhiker but the last time I added anything was 3 zoas and dipped them first, nothing fell off when I did.

 

[Sunshine3387]

Don’t see anything in pic. Pic with less blue lights would help.

Let me see if I can adjust the pic, it's since moved elsewhere lol

 

[Sunshine3387]

Here's an adjusted pic. The shell is pointy so I don't think it's a turbo snail. After I took the pic it moved somewhere that I can't see it. I don't have any other snails that look like it.

 

[JGT]

Does it have one, long probiscus? If so, then nassaurius..

 

[Sunshine3387]

Does it have one, long probiscus? If so, then nassaurius..

That I have seen no, but the way it moves is like a turbo snail and the foot (i don't know what it's called) is round and split down the center

 

[JGT]

Could be a fighting conch but shell looks like nassaurius.

 

[Sunshine3387]

Could be a fighting conch but shell looks like nassaurius.

I have 2 of those in my tank but they are much bigger. Do conchs climb on the glass? The other 2 just bury into the sand. I guess I should wait and see if it gets bigger and try to get a better picture when I see it again

 

[JGT]

They do. Could also be a whelk which you don’t want. Clearer pic with less blue light would help.

 

[Sunshine3387]

They do. Could also be a whelk which you don’t want. Clearer pic with less blue light would help.

I'll try in the morning if I can find it again

 

[Sunshine3387]

I'll try in the morning if I can find it again

This is as good as I can get my phone to focus with all the rock work, and whites on.

 

[Maritimer]

That shell looks whelk-ish to me.

~B.