Snail emergency

[rydr119]

ok so I woke up this morning to see one of my clams looks like it has died overnight which is strange b/c it was open normal and looked great yesterday. So I look closer and I see all of these weird snails crawling in and out of the top of the clam. I quickly removed the other clams to the fuge and gave them all a good once over before doing so. I didn't see anything on them. So I took out the affected clam and placed into into an ro water bowl and all of these weird little snails came running out. To my surprise the clams was still alive but for how long I don't know. So I removed all the snail I could. What are these thing? Are they commonly predatory on clams? Thanks for the help. I have posted this in the clam forum also I have posted about this snail before in the forum a while ago
-Gina

 

[rydr119]

Here the link to the other thread

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[rydr119]

Ok so I did some research and this is what I think it is: Volvarina philippinarum
only problem is I can't find any information on this thing. Just about the shell and where it comes from not weather is a predator or not.

 

[rydr119]

Anyone?

 

[Grunt]

You may want to post this in the Clams forum as well. Alot more people over there might have more information for you.

Personally I do not know as I have not found any snails like that on any of my clams.

 

[nate82]

theres a bristle worm, some amphipods and some copipods, pretty much in every tank good for the tank... dont know why there in your clam though...