snail

[sharonkookie]

I have a couple of snails that have a trunk like an elephant. Does anyone have any idea what they could be? They came on my Fiji live rock. Their shell is oblong and creme-colored with brown stripes.

 

[ricky1414]

could be a type of nassarius snail. good detrius consumers.

 

[Anonymous]

There are so many snails

its almost impossible to identify without a pic

 

[Anonymous]

Marginella plumiosum, the Glowing Marginella. 1/4-1/2 inch long. Found on sandy bottoms in the tropical West Atlantic; common in the Caribbean. White-cream shells with three faint yellowish bands.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/gastropo.htm


The stripes look darker on mine. Fairly common as a hitchiker. IMO, one of the best scavengers of dead meat. If a snail or crab bites it in my tank, 10 or 15 of these little guys will pick the shell clean in a few hours.

 

[sharonkookie]

Marginella plumiosum, the Glowing Marginella. 1/4-1/2 inch long. Found on sandy bottoms in the tropical West Atlantic; common in the Caribbean. White-cream shells with three faint yellowish bands.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/gastropo.htm


The stripes look darker on mine. Fairly common as a hitchiker. IMO, one of the best scavengers of dead meat. If a snail or crab bites it in my tank, 10 or 15 of these little guys will pick the shell clean in a few hours.

thanks that is what i got

 

[Anonymous]

Cool


Mine are munching a dead snail right now....should be gone in a couple of hours. And they're cute too! :wink: