snail id plz

[blazing]

sup ya i bough some snails about a month or two ago and wanted to know what kind they were. they were labeled bumble bee snails but look nothing like the pic of bumble bee snail pic i find on line (first and second pic) . and can ya id the snail in the third pic too. and also which snail is more likely to breed Nassarius, Astrea or bumble bee snails?

 

[pagojoe]

The first snails are Tegula species, probably Tegula funebralis (the so-called Margarita Snails). The one in the bottom pic is likely either Lithopoma americana (a turbinid, sold as Astraea) or Tectus fenestratus (a trochid).

Of the Astraea, Nassarius, and Bumblebee Snails, Astraea snails should be more likely to reproduce in an aquarium. I believe their veligers have considerably shorter planktonic stages than the others, although I don't know of any aquarists who are raising them in captivity.

Cheers,



Don

 

[blazing]

koo thxs for the info. last nite i seen baby snails all over my live rocks. looks like this is over a hundred.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Check here to see if the "baby snails" look like these - http://bb.wetwebmedia.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=242