I’ve had this snail in my reef since I got it thought nothing of it. I noticed that there have been some snails appearing. I don’t know if they are from this snail, baby astrea snails or if they are pests from a recent purchase of astrea snails. Does anyone know the id of this snail and wether the baby is a astrea snail a pest or the snails baby
Mystery snails and baby snails?
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Pictures are a little blurry, but here are my guesses:
The large snail looks like a marine nerite snail, a popular algae-grazer:
The little snail on the bottom looks like a dove snail (Columbellidae sp.), a hitchhiking, algae-grazing snail that is desirable for its small size (can reach crevices and macroalgae fronds), and for being a prolific breeder:
Dove snail eggs and juveniles and passing Collonista snail (the round one):
The large snail looks like a marine nerite snail, a popular algae-grazer:
The little snail on the bottom looks like a dove snail (Columbellidae sp.), a hitchhiking, algae-grazing snail that is desirable for its small size (can reach crevices and macroalgae fronds), and for being a prolific breeder:
Dove snail eggs and juveniles and passing Collonista snail (the round one):
I think it might be collonista snails because of the shape. I got some better pictures so hopefully they will help.Pictures are a little blurry, but here are my guesses:
The large snail looks like a marine nerite snail, a popular algae-grazer:
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The little snail on the bottom looks like a dove snail (Columbellidae sp.), a hitchhiking, algae-grazing snail that is desirable for its small size (can reach crevices and macroalgae fronds), and for being a prolific breeder:
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Dove snail eggs and juveniles and passing Collonista snail (the round one):
These are definitely Collonista snails. I just thought I saw a large siphon on the small snail in the first picture (which are characteristic of Dove snails).
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