Help with ID Please

[dustins]

hey,

I just got a bunch of Vanuatu Live Rock and found this guy crawling around at night. I think its a snail, but it's unlike any I've seen before. I haven't gotten a decent picture yet so I'm hoping someone can tell by these scribbles:

Thanks,

Dustin

 

[drummereef]

From the side view it looks like a cerith snail.

 

[reefD]

does it look like a clam or oyster and has hairs comming out of shell? or does it apper as a cone shell like snail?

 

[SuperNerd]

you're sure it's not a stomatella or a limpet?

 

[Paintbug]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8331689#post8331689 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SuperNerd
you're sure it's not a stomatella or a limpet?

i would go with Stomatella myself.
http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/stomatella_varia.htm

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

It almost looks like a Cone Shell. Which of these pictures looks the most like what you have?

Stomatella Snail

Cone Shell

 

[dustins]

Neither of those pictures looks like what I have.

After watching it some more last night I saw that the "shell" actually divides longtitudinally into two halves, I can't really see what's inside but it almost appears to be filter feeding. I'll try again tonight to get more pictures.

 

[dustins]

sorry, I forgot to say that the shell is definitely not a cone shape. The top is flate with a sort of ridge along the edge.

 

[SuperNerd]

dustins the Biology Undergrad: I demand a pic! :lmao:

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Possibly a Cowrie or a Limpet? The mantle of the snail ususally covers the shell and splits in half when it retracts in. Of course, ignore the colors and the general shape. As a Bio major, you should know these are only representational pictures and actual physical looks varies greatly.

Cowrie

Limpet (Scutus) [You can see the black mantle splitting a little to expose the shell.

 

[dustins]

I'll get a picture next time I see it.

hahaha Im only a second year Bio Major.

 

[original-reefland]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8335544#post8335544 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dustins
hahaha Im only a second year Bio Major.

Glad you didn't say Art student.

 

[dustins]

hahaha.