Anyone Know What This Is??

es355lucille · #1 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 · #2 04-15-2009, 11:38 PM

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

Tarolisol · #3 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 · #4 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.

Myka · #5 04-16-2009, 03:10 AM

That's a Stomatella, they come in the basic brown color and this black color. I have both kinds. They are my favourite snail, plus they are one of the few that successfully reprocude in our tanks.

TVR · #6 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

Tarolisol · #7 04-16-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TVR

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

Keyhole limpet

justinl · #8 04-16-2009, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by es355lucille

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.

that pretty much describes stomatella spp. It's not a keyhole limpet btw. Limpet mantles don't cover their shell (at least none of the ones I know of).

es355lucille · #9 04-16-2009, 01:38 PM

Yes Justinl --> I am sure now that they (I found another one while searching for the first one) are stomatella. Very cool when you look at them through a magnifying glass.

Thanks everyone!!

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Originally Posted by justinl

that pretty much describes stomatella spp. It's not a keyhole limpet btw. Limpet mantles don't cover their shell (at least none of the ones I know of).