hitchhiker snail id please

[Sydwaiz]

This little guy is about an inch long and came in on a small piece of rock that I bought for my 60. It likes to cruise around half buried in the sand at the base of the rocks and occasionally ventures to the top like this. Anyone know what it is and if it's safe? It's really slow but you know how looks can be deceiving.

 

Thanks

[SoS]

might be some kind of Conch. There usually reef safe... occasionally deadly poisonous and mostly they grow way to big for a nano.

 

some hit a foot or more across

[sjpresley]

It really looks more like a whelk than a conch, but whelks vary quite a lot (considering there are 1000's of sp., that's not surprising). Most whelks eat either gastropods (snails, bivalves) or corals. Keep an eye on it and see what it seems to eat.

 

Good thing about snails is they are usually easy to catch if they are undesirables.

[cmoreash]

I agree, it looks like a type of whelk, due to the shell.

[Brianc_4]

It is a whelk, unfortunately I do not know the sp. But, the majority of whelk are not reef friendly. So here is what to do:

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Ingredients :

 

10 x Whelks

3 1/2 oz Ground beef

4 x Drieg Pyogo mushrooms

1/2 x Bean curd

1 x Egg, beaten

SEASONINGS

3 tbl Soy sauce

1 tbl Sugar

2 tsp Minced green onion

1 tsp Minced garlic

1 tbl Sesame seed powder

1 tbl Sesame oil

1/2 tsp Salt

1/4 tsp Pepper

1/2 tbl Red pepper threads

1 x Thin, green onion

 

Method :

(1) Scrub whelks with brush, place in pan with a little water, and steam about 5 minutes. (2. Remove whelk meat from shells with chopstick. Clean meat, removing black and green intestines. Save shells for later use. (3. Cut whelk meat into 1/2-inch cubes. (4. Soak mushrooms in water for 20 minutes, remove stems, and slice thinly. (5. Wrap bean curd in dry cheesecloth and squeeze out water. Break into small pieces by mashing against sieve. (6. Add ground beef, sliced mushrooms, mashed bean curd and beaten egg to whelk meat. Season with soy sauce, sugar, minced green onion and garlic, sesame seed powder, sesame oil, salt and pepper and mix well.

(7. Fill each shell with stuffing (6) and steam in steamer for about 10 minutes. (8. Place steamed whelks on serving plate and garnish with red pepper threads and a piece of green onion.