Snail ID
- Thread starter CAMAKAZY
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pagojoe
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It's probably a true whelk, either a Pollia or Gemophos species. I really need to see the shell profile, either from the dorsum looking down or looking full length at the aperture to ID it to the species level. Any of the choices are predatory, although they won't eat your corals. Most likely prey are other snails.
Here are a couple of good candidates:
http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_796.shtml
http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_3228.shtml
Cheers,
Don
Here are a couple of good candidates:
http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_796.shtml
http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_3228.shtml
Cheers,
Don
CAMAKAZY
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Thanks for the reply Don. Both links look very similar to what I have. He's all closed up on a rock now so no aperture pic. As I am a n00b, what is a dorsum? Right now there are 2 mexican turbos and like 4 keyhole limpets in the tank. Are they in danger from the whelk? Should I remove him?
pagojoe
Team RC
I doubt he's tough enough to kill the Turbos, and the limpets are hard for any of the predators to kill. He might kill smaller snails, though. The dorsum is the back, opposite of the ventrum which is on the underside where the aperture is.
It probably won't hurt to leave him in the tank unless he starts killing snails that you don't want killed.
Cheers,
Don
It probably won't hurt to leave him in the tank unless he starts killing snails that you don't want killed.
Cheers,
Don
