Snail with clam on it

[rcmike]

Have you ever seen a snail with a clam growing on the shell? I ordered some astrea snails the other day and noticed this guy on the glass today.

 

[DSC reef]

Very cool. It's a hitchhiker bivalve/oyster

 

[Retro Reefer]

Nice! Thanks for sharing

 

[sfin52]

thats really coll

 

[Brad Miller]

Nice pic,
Thanks for sharing that

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Mike, Only you would end up with something like that lol. I am jealous.

 

[Timothy McMeans]

Mike, Only you would end up with something like that lol. I am jealous.

Make that 2

 

[reefing_with_ricky]

So awesome!!!

 

[rcmike]

Yeah. I always end up with weird things. It may be common but it’s the first one I’ve seen like that.

 

[Vahanyos]

I have one too! That's awesome! I saw it at my LFS one day and I had to have it

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Awesome!!

 

[Idoc]

That is crazy! Now that's a snail that deserves its own name in the tank!

 

[User]

Yeah- I do. Although I think the snail is technical the hitchhiker since the bivalve is so freaking big.

 

[mikenestle]

That is really cool!

 

[MyReefRobbedMe]

That’s a Super CUC snail , cleans the glass and any algae that floats off gets sucked in and cleaned LOL
On side note I have a clam that a hairy mushroom has attached too . Any thoughts on got to separate w/o harming the clam

 

[User]

I used to have one that grew his own green hair algae and would contort around and eat it off his own back. He had a little barnacle too