snail id

[niloc16]

i seen this guy in my tank tonight. it resembles a nassarius snail but the shell looks different than from what i seen but the 'body' of it is like a nassarius. anyone know what it is?

[howdy20012002]

bumble bee snail

[Midknight]

Isn't the Bumblebee's shell much smoother than this guys

[howdy20012002]

not necessarily
I have some that look quite similiar
as well, it has the tube(not sure what it is called) sticking out of the one end.
they only ones that I have seen have that are the nassarius and the bumble bees.

[Midknight]

Could it be a Whelk? Don't know what color the shells get but they look like nassarius but their "tube" has the patch patteren on it like this one looks like.

[howdy20012002]

http://melevsreef.com/id/whats_a_whelk.html
could be,
I was just going by the fact that it looks very similiar to a couple of the BB that i have.
I dunno, you could be right.
If it is a whelk, I would be ditching it from the sounds of it
http://melevsreef.com/id/whelk.html
HTH
Neal

[niloc16]

i thin it was a whelk, i got rid of it last night because i'm 99% sure it was a whelk. i was up for 2 hours last night researching it and everything i found said it was a whelk. it was similiar to a nassarius but the nose or trunk whatever you called it was 'tattooed' as melevsreef called it compared to a nassarius that is all white. glad i got it now but it sounds like a nasty snail

[howdy20012002]

probably a good choice just to be safe.
From the sounds of it, they can be a nasty little thing.
Neal

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by howdy20012002

it has the tube(not sure what it is called)

Proboscis

In general, a proboscis (from Greek pro "before" and boskein "to feed") is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal. The most common usage is to refer to the tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms (including proboscis worms) and mollusks. The elephant's trunk is also called a proboscis. An abnormal forehead appendage that sometimes accompanies cyclopia is also called a proboscis. The term is used for primate organs as well: an elongated human nose is sometimes humorously called a proboscis and the Proboscis Monkey is named for its enormous nose.

The correct Greek plural is proboscides, but in English it is more common to simply add -es, forming proboscises.

Thanks Wikipedia

[Quagmire]

I heard a while back that Bumble Bee snails weren't reef safe.But Ive also heard alot of ppl like them and have no problem.So now Im wondering if there is a whelk that is similar enough in apperance to be mistaken,and the problems were attributed to the wrong mollusk.