Snail ID??

[SurfsUP]

I've seen a few of these roaming around my 46g and don't know the type. Anyone know what they are? They are about 1/4" to 1/2" and look pretty cool. I have a few more other strang looking snails in my tank and will try to take more pic's for everyone to ID. Thanks

 

[houston]

Maybe.... Heliacus sp. snail - a hitchhiker commonly found on colonies of zoanthid polyps, and a nocturnal predator of these polyps.

hitchhicker snail

 

[yznhmr]

its a bad snail, it eats polyps...!

 

[esmithiii]

I concur. Incredible photos, though! What did you use??

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[SurfsUP]

Thanks guys for your help. Too bad it's a bad snail cause it looks pretty cool. I had no idea it ate zoanthid polyps, no wonder some of my zoans were slowly disappearing, and I thought it was the damn crabs.


esmithiii-I took the pic's with my Nikon 990.