Id help! No picture though

84chris

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I couldnt get my camera in time and havent seen it since but i will give you the best description i can. Basically it looks like a turbo snail without a shell. It had a few small black spots on it and was probably a size of a quarter or bigger. It definitely moves faster than a snail though. Anybody have any idea what it might be? Thanks
 
Stomatella snail perhaps?
Stomatella-varia.jpg


Or more like a polyclad flatworm?
Flatworm_id2.jpg
 
That may be it. Does it have a shell? Or do you have a better picture? More importantly is it bad for my reef? It definitely had the head of the stometella though.
 
Stomatella have kind of a 'half' shell; it sits on top of the body, but does not go around all the way. They are completely harmless- beneficial grazers.

Polyclad flatworms dont have much of a head to them (well, not that you would notice just at a glance), they look like sheets/films of tissue that can warp and bend in most any direction and slip into incredibly tight spaces. They Are a problem in a tank- many are predatory and will destroy snail populations over time. Be cautions in attempts to catch it (if it is a polyclad) as they can be cut in half and both pieces will often crawl away just fine.
 
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