Snail ID

stephydawn · Feb 25, 2023

Can anyone help me identify this guy? It was buried in the sand when I got it. I was told it’s a horse conch or fighting Conch maybe.

ISpeakForTheSeas · Feb 25, 2023

Definitely not a horse conch. Fighting conch looks about right from what I can see, but some top-down and side shots are generally helpful for snail ID.

stephydawn · Feb 25, 2023

ISpeakForTheSeas said:
Definitely not a horse conch. Fighting conch looks about right from what I can see, but some top-down and side shots are generally helpful for snail ID.

I’ll grab a couple more photos when I get home . Glad it’s not a horse conch

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Feb 25, 2023

stephydawn said:
Can anyone help me identify this guy? It was buried in the sand when I got it. I was told it’s a horse conch or fighting Conch maybe.

Where did you get it?

stephydawn · Feb 25, 2023

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal said:
Where did you get it?

My fish store. A new gal was working and said it was a horse conch and would clean detritus , when I got home I googled horse conch and was like uh oh, but then it didn’t look like one so I figured I’d get some opinions. If need be I’ll trade it back.

stephydawn · Feb 25, 2023

ISpeakForTheSeas said:
Definitely not a horse conch. Fighting conch looks about right from what I can see, but some top-down and side shots are generally helpful for snail ID.

Good I was worried as soon as I read they are not great to get, haha

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal · Feb 25, 2023

stephydawn said:
Good I was worried as soon as I read they are not great to get, haha

Yeah, you might want to clue in the LFS owner that his employees are giving bad info, lol

stephydawn · Feb 25, 2023

EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal said:
Yeah, you might want to clue in the LFS owner that his employees are giving bad info, lol

They are nice, I think it’s one of the other employees daughters they have lol

stephydawn · Feb 26, 2023

Well so much for more photos, I have yet to see the snail since I put it in the tank, it’s in stealth mode

steveschuerger · Feb 26, 2023

stephydawn said:
Well so much for more photos, I have yet to see the snail since I put it in the tank, it’s in stealth mode

They bury themselves. Mine is out mostly when lights are out or early morning and late night when lights are dimmer.
Checked the ReefCleaners site. They sell conchs for cuc use. Looks like a fighting conch to me. I had one when I first started reefing. Had to refresh my memory.