sundial snail?

[kaihonu82]

I have this little guy in my tank, i think he hitchhiked on some of my LR. He's really tiny, maybe a few centimeters from end to end. He has similar markings as a sundial snail, but he's not as flat as those seem to be. I don't have any zoas, and there isn't much else in my tank that he can bother as of right now.

What do you think?

Thanks!

 

[gman0526]

Nope that's some kind of whelk. Do you by any chance have any LR from the Carribbean? I had a couple of these and that's where I got them from. IMO out with it, I don't trust whelks.

 

[Airman]

Bumble bee snail. He is a good guy.

 

[TOURKID]

it kinda looks like a bummble bea, but not quite. is it yellow n black? Na, i doubt its a bummble, its got those cross lines..

 

[thecichlidpleco]

I have a bumble and that one is a different shell, so I dont know what it is, however if it is a bumblebee, they are useless.

 

[gman0526]

This is not a bumble bee snail. It's a whelk.

 

[thecichlidpleco]

Okay, I was just pointing out that a bumble shell is different than that, therefore I was not arguing that it was not.

 

[gman0526]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9208261#post9208261 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thecichlidpleco
Okay, I was just pointing out that a bumble shell is different than that, therefore I was not arguing that it was not.

Not you bud, couple of replies before yours

 

[kaihonu82]

could it be a nassarius snail? they're pretty similar to whelks, yea?

 

[gman0526]

Not a nassarius. Ok here they're

This is what you have:
Engina Zonalis

This is what w call a BB Snail:
Pusiostoma mendicaria

 

[kaihonu82]

Alright So should I get rid of it? It's really tiny, i only see it every few days

 

[gman0526]

If you ask me I would get it out. Whelks are mostly predatory.

 

[greenbean36191]

It's in the same genus as bumblebee snails, so it's a decent assumption that the behavior is the same. It is predatory, mostly on small worms and mollusks, but it's unlikely to cause any noticable harm in you tank.

 

[gman0526]

I was wondering when you would show up