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MikeP 09-14-2009 11:10 PM

Id this odd snail...
 
I saw this guy after lights out. I've never seen one like him before. The shell style/look is familiar but he has this weird outer "skin" that he can cover his shell with. He'll retract the skin if touched but otherwise has his shell covered with it.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0568.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0570.jpg

ferret 09-14-2009 11:30 PM

this snail is 'cypraea annulus' and i've a few of them and they eat aglae

torrid_07 09-15-2009 12:45 AM

its kind of like a mini cowrie
ive got a tiger cowrie and it wraps its outer layer around itself

i have crabs 09-15-2009 01:59 AM

money cowrie i think

torrid_07 09-15-2009 02:23 AM

YES! i absolutely agree money cowrie it is!

Drock169 09-15-2009 04:22 AM

definitely a cowrie, some cowries arent reef safe so make sure you have a positive ID.

MikeP 09-15-2009 04:48 AM

Thanks guys, he'll go in my nano tank. Lots of algae in there for him and no corals to worry about.


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