ID of snail - Polinices, Nassarius or ?

[mastou]

Any ideas what type of snail this is?

Polinices, Nassarius or maybe a third type of snail?

- Magnus

 

[mastou]

Any one...

 

[nts9]

Babylonia Areolata, thats my guess

 

[LeslieH]

Babylonia areolata looks good. It's a detritus eater that in turn is a popular food item in Asia.

 

[mastou]

So it was actually a whole third one, the reason for my question was that I often see pictures of this snail where it is named Nassarius and one time it was suggested to be a Polinices.
I think you may be right that it is Babylonia Areolata but are there any other snails that it could be mistaken for?

- Magnus

 

[LeslieH]

Probably. Suppliers are not always the best identifiers in the world, especially on inverts.