Help with snail ID?

[Che]

Can anyone tell me what kind of snail this is?

 

[plateboy3293]

What other type's of snails do you have in the tank?

 

[pagojoe]

Yeah, it's Maculotriton serriale. It's a muricid, so it's a predator of some sort, likely eating other molluscs or barnacles. I couldn't find any specific info on its diet.

http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_4765.html

Cheers,



Don

 

[Che]

Thanks, I appreciate the id. Now, I can figure out whether I need to try to get rid of them or not. I have only seen a couple of them in the tank here and there, so I bet I have quite a few of them. I haven't noticed any issues with them preying upon anything in the tank, but who knows.

Plateboy, just for informations sake, the other snails in the tank are trochus, nerites, turbos, astreas, and ceriths. I think that is all of them.

Again, thanks for your interest and information.