hey all! Back from 3 days at the beach!..Need a snail ID.

[mfp4073]

BTW, ricks direction with the shell ID was what put me in the right direction for research! THANKS!:thumbsup:

 

[cschweitzer]

All of the ones shown are terebra, or augers. Wouldn't try it in a reef system, but it would be good food for my mantis shrimp...if you're not going to use it, it could become part of nature.

 

[RicksReefs]

no problemo...

ya, I use gastropods.com too, but it's worldwide and has lots to pick from if you don't know the family name at least.

it'll be a nice addition to your shell collection..

 

[mfp4073]

It looks like they are bad for my reef, but if anyone else wants them they are free to a good home.....(or to a good home feeding program)

 

[DaveG99]

From my experience when I collected snails the ones that would eat other snails all had snorkel things on them. The ones that would not eat eatchother did not have them. I guess the thing I have that I thought was a conch is really a whelk. He is about 3 inches long. I thought it was a fighting conch but maybe not. All I know is that he ha sa snorkel thing and he eats other snails. I currently only have one or two tiny snails left in my tank because the whelk/conch ate all of them. From now on if I want to keep good snails I will will remove anything with a snorkel on it.

 

[cschweitzer]

Can you get a pic of the whelk/conch? We may help you ID it with a pic.