Snail ID guru needed

[wantacookie]

While visiting my parents, I was watching their tank and there was this snail posted up on the highest rock spewing out white milky semen looking stuff once every two minutes for about 15 minutes. My mom wasn't sure where it came from and she never noticed it before.

Since arriving home, I've spent about two hours sorting through snail id pages and haven't had any luck finding info on this little guy. It sorta looks like a zebra snail, but this one doesn't have as many stripes as the pictures I find of zebras.

It is approx. 1 in. in size.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

 

[pagojoe]

It looks to be a Turbo species, but I've never seen one with exactly that pattern. There are only a couple that are variable enough to be your snail, assuming it's a Turbo. Does it have a hard, shelly operculum/trap door, or is it like a brown disc?

Cheers,



Don

 

[wantacookie]

Here's the best I could do for a pic of the operculum. It is sorta hard and shelly in my uneducated opinion.

Thanks for the help!

 

[pagojoe]

Yup, it's a Turbo, probably a darker-than-usual Turbo argyrostomus. It's one of the most common Indo-Pacific species.

Cheers,


Don

 

[wantacookie]

Yup, it's a Turbo, probably a darker-than-usual Turbo argyrostomus. It's one of the most common Indo-Pacific species.

Cheers,


Don

Thanks a bunch for your insight! We're glad it's a good one, because it looks unique.