whelk ID confirmation

[scottsdale454ss]

Hi its my first time with a saltwater tank. I bought some liverock with this snail attached to it, its about 1 1/2 inches long. After researching online afterwards i think its some form of whelk. Am i correct?

im thinking i'll keep it in a quarantine area for awhile. Does anyone know what i could feed it (besides other snails and such). i would feel bad killing it.

Thank you!

<a href="http://s790.photobucket.com/albums/yy185/scottsdale454ss/?action=view&current=whelk.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy185/scottsdale454ss/whelk.jpg" border="0" alt="Snail?"></a>

 

[scottsdale454ss]

? :-( ?

i found another little one just like it, id like to grow that one bigger, my hermies could use the shell but i dont have a refugium for them, just a bucket of saltwater and no food :-(

 

[pagojoe]

Well, it's a predatory snail, but it looks like it might be a murex rather than a whelk. Still, some of the buccinid whelks can look very similar. It will eat other snails in either case.

Cheers,



Don