ID This Invert Please. It is killing all my snails.

[Charlene]

I already posted this in another area.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=22281755#post22281755

Can anyone here help me to ID this snail. I had 6 of them in my 400 gallon tank sold to me as fighting conchs. I've since removed them. Click on the link for more pics.

 

[shrimpgal]

Its a kings crown very bad snail and predatory on other snails

 

[Reel North]

I just found one of those inside the shell of one of my turbos. I chucked it in the sump but I think the garbage is a better place for it

 

[pagojoe]

Yep, Melongena corona. Obligate mollusc eater.

Cheers,



Don

 

[kevin32]

Does not look like a fighting conch to me.

 

[Breadman03]

The common name is crown conch. They are actually a predatory whelk and will decimate your snail population. Don already gave you the scientific name.