Snail ID please

[gmerek2]

A few of these guys hitchhiked in and I love them. They are hardy and appear to graze on algae on my glass at night. Would like more. Please share any observation and info you have on them. Thanks

[mari.harutunian]

Some kind of conch

 

 

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[gmerek2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcQ9HRMy7N0 This is the same kind right?

[mari.harutunian]

Looks like it

 

 

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[mari.harutunian]

Looks like it

 

 

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It's a little hard to tell, but if there are eye stalks, it is Florida fighting conch, if not it's a mud whelk...

 

 

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[gmerek2]

It's a little hard to tell, but if there are eye stalks, it is Florida fighting conch, if not it's a mud whelk...

 

 

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Thanks for the response it very well could be! I need to get my hands on a magnify glass. They are small. While google searching for Florida fighting conch I came across strombus grazer by accident. They look really similar to that also. I can rule out whelk since they are feeding on the algae in the glass. Their mouth is pretty visible.

 

 

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[sethsolomon]

It's a Nassarius Vibex.

[davelin315]

It looks like a tiny kind of beneficial snail that I used to have - think I got them from Tom Land, perhaps he can weigh in.  If I recall correctly, they were some sort of dwarf conch.

[elbowdeep88]

Its not a nassarius.

 

I think I remember reading somewhere that true conchs have two eye stalks whereas whelks have one. So that may be a good sign for beneficial vs predatory. I'm sure there are exceptions though.

[Origami]

It looks like a tiny kind of beneficial snail that I used to have - think I got them from Tom Land, perhaps he can weigh in.  If I recall correctly, they were some sort of dwarf conch.

Wow, Dave. That was YEARS ago. They were breeding in my tank. Yeah, it looks like a Columbellid snail. 

[gmerek2]

Thanks everyone that helped. They are columbellid snails. I thought I had only two that came in on some frags. I removed them before dipping and placed them in the tank. Now there are 15-20 probably more! I hope they continue to reproduce so I can stop buying snails. Updated video of several just at the front of the tank