I.D These different snails please (supposed to be nassarius)...

[KromiX]

I ordered "Tonga Nassarius Snails" and in the batch of snails came different colors, shells, shapes... I want to know if any are the safe nass snails I want in my tank. The only one I feel comfortable with so far is the snail that has a white shell, white body, and all white trunk...(#5, i put him into the tank and he went straight under the sand.. good sign....)

I tried to take pics of each type of snail I got and number them:


P.S if you need higher res let me know, I tried to resize for forum size:




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[ctenophors rule]

number 1 definately looks like a nassarios, number seven looks like a periwinkle.

 

[donya]

I disagree with the Periwinkle ID on #7 - the operculum isn't right and snails usually going under the Periwinkle name don't have the whelk-ish lip on the side of the shell. All 7 look like Nassariidae to me, perhaps even within the Nassarius genus. #3 might be Nassarius olivaceus, but tough to tell from the lighting. Not sure on the bumpy ones, but I have a couple that look exactly like that (definitely Nassarius sp. although I've never been able to satisfactorily ID them beyond that) and they're fine.

 

[pagojoe]

They're all nassariids. I'll give you the specific ID's when I get a chance.

Cheers,



Don

 

[KromiX]

Don,

not necessary if its alot of work, if you don't mind I'd love to know, what i really want to know if they are all safe to dump in my tank, they are sitting in a bucket for now, I am assuming if they are all nassariids i assume they are all safe?

 

[pagojoe]

Yes, none of those will hurt anything. It looks like you have one Atlantic species and several Pacific species.

Cheers,



Don