Anyone Know What This Is??

es355lucille · #1 04-15-2009, 10:29 PM

I noticed something small and black back a month or so.....but it ducked into the rocks. Now its larger and seems to have a different style shell than the other snails I have seen.

Anyone know what this is?

justinl · #2 04-15-2009, 10:31 PM

how small is small? go look up stomatella snails... i think that's what we're looking at.

es355lucille · #3 04-15-2009, 11:29 PM

Justinl, that could be it. Mine has a shell like these....the ones I seen on the web were not black, but I am sure there are lot of varieties.

He looks like a slug....but a half shell covering. He is approx 1/4" wide and 1/2" long......if this is the same one (maybe there are more!) he was 1/4 of this size a month ago.

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Originally Posted by justinl

how small is small? go look up stomatella snails... i think that's what we're looking at.

xtreme · #4 04-15-2009, 10:32 PM

I can't tell for sure from the picture. Does it look like this?

http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=scutus

JTaylor420 · #5 04-15-2009, 10:48 PM

i have one of those in my tank from that link maybe he's my problem with eating zoa's =(

es355lucille · #6 04-15-2009, 11:32 PM

Xtreme he looks a lot like this, but I think my guy has a shell. (Like a 1/2 shell on top) Its had to tell as he is a matte black color all over.....hard to see where one end starts and ends.

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Originally Posted by xtreme

I can't tell for sure from the picture. Does it look like this?

http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=scutus

xtreme · #7 04-15-2009, 11:38 PM

They have flaps of skin that cover the shell. Sometimes it is visible though.

Tarolisol · #8 04-15-2009, 11:42 PM

im pretty sure its a keyhole limpet. sometimes it will have a white patch on its back. They are harmless.

albert_dao · #9 04-16-2009, 12:02 AM

Stomatella, not elephant slug. You can tell by the tentacles extending from the mantel. They're like a mini-abalone. Harmless, beneficial algae eater that will reproduce readily.

TVR · #10 04-16-2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tarolisol

im pretty sure its a keyhole limpet. sometimes it will have a white patch on its back. They are harmless.

If so, thanks for both the question and the answer - Because I have 2 of those hickhike with the rock when I bought some corals last month. I was really small and now almost about 1/2 inches. Still in there