Turbo Snail

[scubaboy]

Can anyone please identify something on a Turbo Snail I got last week. This seems to be growing. I pulled it from my DT and it is QT now.

 

[scubaboy]

Here are some additional pictures that may help.

 

[Aldrinlights]

Looks like a sponge

 

[scubaboy]

Interesting, I inspected them when I got them. Used a Tooth brush and a pick on them and this has gotten this big in I guess a little over a week. I haven’t tried to remove it yet. Should I try or not?

 

[Aldrinlights]

Interesting, I inspected them when I got them. Used a Tooth brush and a pick on them and this has gotten this big in I guess a little over a week. I haven’t tried to remove it yet. Should I try or not?

If I'm right then it's totally harmless. Let a few others chime in on identification though.

 

[scubaboy]

If I'm right then it's totally harmless. Let a few others chime in on identification though.

I just popped most of it off with my thumb nail. It’s hard and brittle. Just wanting to figure out what it is because it’s been in the display for a little over a week.

 

[scubaboy]

I just popped most of it off with my thumb nail. It’s hard and brittle. Just wanting to figure out what it is because it’s been in the display for a little over a week.

Oh, and thank you for your reply

 

[scubaboy]

Does anyone else have an idea of what this might be?

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Since you said it was hard and brittle it maybe an Anomia, AKA Jingle Shell.

 

[scubaboy]

Thank you for your response. That could very well be it. I will look at it again tonight. Is it anything I need to worry about it being in my DT for awhile?

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Not at all, actually a good filter feeder. It is just a bivalve mollusk, much like a clam or oyster.

 

[scubaboy]

Not at all, actually a good filter feeder. It is just a bivalve mollusk, much like a clam or oyster.

okay, well I popped it off last night and its in a separate cup floating in by QT, throw it back in the DT?

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Won't hurt to try.

 

[scubaboy]

Won't hurt to try.

Thanks for the help!!

 

[Calm Blue Ocean]

I've found small bivalve hitchhikers quite often on snails. This guy had all sorts of filter feeders along for the ride, with hitchhikers on his hitchhikers (you can see the edge of the bivalve under the layer of barnacles). I always leave them be.

 

[scubaboy]

I've found small bivalve hitchhikers quite often on snails. This guy had all sorts of filter feeders along for the ride, with hitchhikers on his hitchhikers (you can see the edge of the bivalve under the layer of barnacles). I always leave them be.

thank you