super nassarius?

[thecichlidpleco]

I pulled it out today, never added it or any supers, and never seen them for the 6 months my tank has been up, is it a super nassarius?

 

[greenbean36191]

It is a whelk, but it's not Nassarius. It's probably not something you want in the tank.

 

[pagojoe]

If it's a whelk, I don't recognize the species. It seems to have that "distorted" look, like a juvenile columbellid or strombid. Since I don't know any strombids with that color pattern, I'm going to guess it's a dove shell, which should do fine in your tank. It could also be one of the smaller species of Nassarius, I suppose, but even a juvenile would normally not be that skinny at the anterior tip/siphonal canal. Let us know if it looks like it's eating anything it shouldn't.

Cheers,



Don