snail ID

[jiffy]

SORRY FOR THE CRAPPY PICTURES, hopefully the iphone5 takes way better pictures..

what is it????

for some reason he couldnt flip himself back over, nor stay upright when id turn him back on his sticker.. im guessing he didnt want me to take a picture of his shell.. =]

had to bring him out of the water to get a shot of the shell

then he took off on me lol

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Kind of hard to tell but my best guess would be collonista - here the take a look at this thread - Melev's Reef - Visual Identification

 

[jiffy]

thanks i agree, good guys?

 

[Akwarius]

Almost looks like a stomatella. Does he have a "half" shell or is it more of a spiral?

 

[nickjr000]

Hard for me to tell from that pic. If its stomatella it will look a littlt irridescent { spelling } out of the water. I have tons of them for some reason they spawn like anything in my tank

 

[jiffy]

i have stomatellas i believe this is collonista because of the speckled shell.. but i did originally think it was some kind of stomatella..

 

[Akwarius]

i have stomatellas i believe this is collonista because of the speckled shell.. but i did originally think it was some kind of stomatella..

but does it have a half shell? If so im leaning towards something else like a nerite.

 

[Viva'sReef]

Some kind of Chiton maybe?

 

[jiffy]

maybe you are correct because it does not have a spiral shell, i guess its a "half" shell.. i can try to get a better pic, hold on..

 

[jiffy]

more pictures..

 

[Akwarius]

Thats exactly what my stomatellas look like. A very beneficial organism to have.

 

[Viva'sReef]

Actually with the new pics it looks more like a baby Abalone????

 

[jiffy]

=] sorry i just have a couple different ones, some are bleach white i thought i had some kind of new enemy. thanks for the help

 

[fsu1dolfan]

Thats exactly what my stomatellas look like. A very beneficial organism to have.

After the new pictures i tend to agree with you!

Actually with the new pics it looks more like a baby Abalone????

Never ever heard of these

=] sorry i just have a couple different ones, some are bleach white i thought i had some kind of new enemy. thanks for the help

Definitely does not look like an enemy!

 

[jiffy]

i dont think its an abalone

 

[tclipse]

Its shell is definitely different from my stomatellas, not sure about variance b/w species but the shells on the kind in my DT are almost fingernail thin...

 

[Troylee]

Stomatella I have millions lol.... They do spread like crazy that's for sure!!!! Not a bad thing thou there good to have I bet if you look at your tank at night with a flash light you see tons of them....1smile1

 

[jiffy]

lol well i eradicated all of them originally(over a year ago) thinking they were going to eat my coral.. never saw them again in that tank but they would always pop up in the other tanks in the house.. but i wanted more of a variety of cleaners so i got some more of them earlier out of my dad's tank that is being taken down.. =]

 

[Captain Nemo]

LOL!!! I think its a baby cowrie!!

 

[Sandy]

looks like a stomatella thats dropped its foot