What is this!?

[Skep18]

I just saw this for the first time in my tank. It seems to be eating algae off my back glass. Idk really how to describe it. I think it has a shell... Can't tell what might be shell and what is flesh... It's maybe 1.5in long.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Stomatella snail

 

[lopez052308]

Good algae eaters and they don’t hurt anything, one of my favorite hitchhikers

 

[Skep18]

Stomatella snail

I had to look it up. I've had limpet snails but these stomatellas look like limpets on steroids! He certainly is going to town on the algae on my back glass.

Thanks for the help.

Good algae eaters and they don’t hurt anything, one of my favorite hitchhikers

It certainly looks like it!

Funny thing is, idk how something so big either got in here without me seeing or can't in small and has been in here this long to grow so large that I didn't notice.

 

[Crabs McJones]

I had to look it up. I've had limpet snails but these stomatellas look like limpets on steroids! He certainly is going to town on the algae on my back glass.

Thanks for the help.

It certainly looks like it!

Funny thing is, idk how something so big either got in here without me seeing or can't in small and has been in here this long to grow so large that I didn't notice.

They're quick and usually only come out after lights out. Easy enough to miss