Snail ID

[Winter]

Ok guys, found the first hitchhiker that I haven't been able to ID on my own. It has a cone shaped shell, is white with a black checker board patern on it and is almost 1/4" long on the smaller side.

 

Two of these crawled out of my live rock today and I have no idea what they are.

 

any ideas?

[Winter]

Another pic. I know they are blurry, but my camera sucks. I'll try to get a better pic if these don't help.

 

thanks,

 

Winter

[caja]

Winter, those pics suck. but it's okay, I still lu.

 

Does the snail have an orange foot by any chance? I have two snails that look similar to that, one in each tank. Never ID'd them but the one in the minibow has been there for months and has not been a problem. Cruises the LR from what I've seen. Sounds alot like what I have. I'll try to find one of them and snap a pic.

[Angel]

It is hard to tell by your pics, but if they look like this, then they are called periwinkle. Photo is taken from here: http://www.k12.nf.ca/discovery/curriculum/...sa/mainpage.htm at the bottom. There are some links there to check out if that is them.

 

Angel

[Winter]

thanks angel, but those don't really look like them.

 

they are a bright clear white with a black checked patter on them. pretty smooth shell that comes to a pointed cone end.

 

cant see the foot on it caja. but they are cruising the live rock like you mentioned. i'm watching them closely just to make sure they arn't going to be pests.

 

I'll try to get better pics tomorrow. My power shot sucks at taking tank pics.

[ModemMan8]

I have the same snails that came as hitchhikers on my live rock from Florida. They multiply quickly.... and they eat algae only I have been told. they are low and pointed.... kind of like miniature big top tents... I found them on a Google search... but am having trouble finding them again... but will look some more. My LFS which is pretty reliable with marine info... tells me that are reef same hitchhikers.

[Crakeur]

cerith?

 

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/index_order1.html

 

I have a bunch of them and while they are supposed to be sand sifters I find them on the glass and on the rocks

[ModemMan8]

I think it may be a cerith snail.... "small scavenger with an elongated spiral shell that is usually black with tiny white spots covering the entire shell...."

 

check out www.liveaquaria.com. their invert section has a good description of many snails.

[Dave ESPI]

Stromatella ?

[Crakeur]

stomas have little or no visible shell and you know that dave.

[Winter]

Ok here's a much better pic. I caught him out in the open with my mothers new powershot g2.

 

hope this helps.

[Masoch]

Try looking for "Strombus maculatus " (or something to that effect) in Dr. Ron's forum at RC. They're common, beneficial hitchhiking conchs from Florida.

[Angel]

Closest I found was Jujubinus sp. There is even one with that tip of red/orange. I couldn't find much info on them, but plenty of photos. This one has that same colored tip:

 

Jujubinus monterosatoi http://www.thais.it/conchiglie/mediterrane...dici/ind_uk.htm and http://www.thais.it/conchiglie/mediterrane...de/sc_00031.htm

 

Although I couldn't find that exact one, I think this is close. On one site it said the most common way of telling is to count the whorls. This one usually has six with the smooth ridges between them, 8-10 being the most common. Okay, found that u.k. site, but no pic of it:

 

http://www.marlin.ac.uk/index2.htm?species/Jujstr.htm

 

Angel