Snail ID

[spoonman1979]

Received this and believe it was mislabeled. What is it?

 

[spoonman1979]

It has a narrow cream colored band around the middle...

 

[Noah 123]

It's saltwater? It kind of looks like a tulip snail, a type of snail that can jump to escape predators.

 

[spoonman1979]

Yes, saltwater. Sold to me as a queen conch....

 

[gnasher]

Definitely not a tulip snail or a true conch of any kind.

 

[pagojoe]

It's a Crown Conch, which is a whelk relative rather than true conch. It feeds on other molluscs.

Cheers,


Don

 

[spoonman1979]

I came to the same conclusion of crown conch, glad I didn't drop him into the big tank. I have attempted several times to contact Reefs2go, the vendor, but they seem to never answer the phone or respond to emails...

 

[spoonman1979]

Finally caught them answering the phone. After a lot of discussion they agreed to correct the error and send me a real queen conch. We will see if it materializes...

 

[gnasher]

Good to hear you're getting what you ordered. I hope you found a home for that poor Crown Conch though.

 

[spoonman1979]

He is hanging out in my quarantine tank for now, I will find a new home for him once this ordeal settles out...