Identify snail

[jay415]

I am new to the saltwater community and found this hitchhiking snail on some liverock. Trying to search for the kind but not too sure. Is it a sundial snail? It's about 1 1/2-2mm

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[Jmoores74]

Looks like my trochus snails to me.


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[Jmoores74]

Just noticed that you said 1 1/2 - 2 mm. That small might be a sundial. But I'm not 100%


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[jay415]

Just noticed that you said 1 1/2 - 2 mm. That small might be a sundial. But I'm not 100%


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Yes it's very small. I took the pic holding a jewelers loupe to my phone.

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[ReefNomad]

It's not a sundial, they're shaped more like Gary the Snail from Spongebob. When a sundial moves, its shell stands upright rather than laying to one side.

 

[badbreath]

Trochus niloticus? Maybe

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[ReefNomad]

Trochus sp. is a good call, it does exhibit multiple 'feelers' on either side.

 

[pagojoe]

I can't ID it, but it looks to be trochoid. It's not a sundial or any other bad guy. It's probably a Calliostoma, but I don't know of one with the broad brown bands and white chords that cross them.

 

[anthonys51]

It's a trochus. Mine breed in my tank so I have literally 100 baby snails just like that


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[pagojoe]

You have 100 that have the white chords crossing the brown flammules?

 

[anthonys51]

Yes pagojoe. I have so many baby snails. I didn't think they where trochus snails either as babies you can't tell but they grew to adults


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[hearttx]

Same here, I have 100s of babies in my tank as well. They breed like rabbits...lol.

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