Snail ID needed

[sniceley]

Found these little snails and wanted to know what they were. Sorry for the bad pic, will try to get one with the good camera.

 

[saltyair]

a little small to make a definite id- sundial or heliacus (zoa eater)

or a harmless collinista

 

[pagojoe]

That's actually a baby Trochus. It's one of the species in the T. radiatus/maculatus/ochroleucus complex. The juveniles look almost exactly alike.

Cheers,



Don

 

[sniceley]

Thanks. That was my original thought. I snagged some and put them into a small tank for my son and they are growing like weeds. Did they breed in the system?

 

[pagojoe]

Some of the trochids will. I'm not sure about yours, but it wouldn't be unheard of. They have short to very short or nonexistent pelagic periods for the larvae.

Cheers,



Don