Margarita snail? w/o shell!

[MDeth]

....I'll have to get a pic when i can but my g/f had 2 margarita snails. One got cannabalized by her hermit (I watched it) and the second look like it died.

 

I pulled out the 2nd snails shell awhile back assuming it was gone. Now, I see a nudibranch looking snail! It looks like a freaking margarita?

 

Anybody ever heard of a snail living w/o a shell ?

[JMeesh]

could be some form of stomatella. i thought i had baby turbos until i found a picture of one.

 

meesh

[steelerguy]

A snail that has it shell ripped off has about as much chance of surviving as a person having their chest and abdomen removed.

[MDeth]

A snail that has it shell ripped off has about as much chance of surviving as a person having their chest and abdomen removed.

 

 

Inhabitants are

 

Randalls Goby

False perc

blueleg hermit

cleaner shrimp

fire shrimp

margarita snail

3x bumblebee snails

 

Nothing really predatory...are they actually attatched to the shell? It looks like there is a small section on his back where its torn/detatched from the shell

[kismetsh]

It is probably a stomatella. IMO a stomatella looks like a slug wearing a yarmulka.

[Kool-cat]

I could use some more stomatella, cap snails. I have like 1-3 baby stomatellas.

[Withers]

Inhabitants are

 

Randalls Goby

False perc

blueleg hermit

cleaner shrimp

fire shrimp

margarita snail

3x bumblebee snails

 

Nothing really predatory...are they actually attatched to the shell? It looks like there is a small section on his back where its torn/detatched from the shell

 

That blueleg hermit is definitely predatory.

[MDeth]

That blueleg hermit is definitely predatory.

 

Its actually a scavanger not a predator :/

 

...he cant climb up the back glass (its a 15" high) and the rockwork goes nowhere near there. This little snail/stomatella is usually up there and has been around for about a week now

[Withers]

Its actually a scavanger not a predator :/

 

...he cant climb up the back glass (its a 15" high) and the rockwork goes nowhere near there. This little snail/stomatella is usually up there and has been around for about a week now

 

That just means you haven't been around them long enough. They're evil. If they get hungry, they'll kill snails for food.

[MDeth]

That just means you haven't been around them long enough. They're evil. If they get hungry, they'll kill snails for food.

 

 

I know, if you read my post he has a margarita snail shell

[Withers]

I know, if you read my post he has a margarita snail shell

 

I can't read.

[MDeth]

It happens to the best of us

 

It honestly doesn't look like a Nudi at all...I've seen a few (in my tank and the LFS as well as hundreds of pics online)

 

Still trying to get a pic...but I did find a 1/2" diameter brittle star in my tank!

[seahorsedreams]

This is a really bad pic put here is a stomatella... like a slug with a little piece of shell on their back. But they are indeed a snail and a very good part of your clean up crew. I'll try to get a better shot when he comes back out.

 

 

If he climbs up the glass this is what he will look like.

 

 

 

 

Do you have a pic of the margarita snail? Do they have a little bit of mother of pearl coming through the top of th eshell or when you pick it up and look "inside"?

 

Like this?

 

 

Then I took a dremel to it just to have a peek... beautiful snail.

 

Yup beautiful snail but one major flaw..... they are a cold water snail and will die in your tank eventually and prematurely. And by cold I mean cold. *dips her toes in the pacific*

 

 

As far as you starfish they are probably an asterina

 

 

or a micro brittle.

 

 

 

Sorry to bombard ya with pics :-)

[c est ma]

With pics like those, please feel free to bombard us any time!

 

--Diane