snail that looks like an Iso????

[steamboatwv]

this is some sort of snail but i cant figure out what kind, at first I thought it was the dreaded large isopod but no legs just a snail but shell when you mess with it rolls up like a pill bug and is hard as a rock, like to never got it off of the rock.. anyone know what kind it is, never seen it till now but dont need anything getting eaten on me.

[steamboatwv]

I looked under limpets, stometella and nothing that i could find matched at all, I have him separated for now but if he is just an algae grazer of sorts i'll put him back in.

[steamboatwv]

here is 2 more pics after i caught it. little more than a half inch in length.

[ScruffyRubicon]

Look up Chiton

[steamboatwv]

yup thats what it is, I guess its harmless so i put it back in. i'm glad cuz i thought it was pretty cool lookin.

[tdwyatt]

Definitely a Chiton, and I am impressed if you pulled it off the glass without harming it..

[steamboatwv]

oh i didnt harm it, I put it back in and he lached down on the rock and went about his little ole way lol, got him off of the rockwork though not the glass but it wasnt easy and I did my best to be as gentle as possible cause I wanted to put him back in once I found out exactly what it was and if he was safe. but yeah he crawled around the top of the rock for a while then disapeared after I put him back in...pretty cool little cammo job he has going on I almost didnt see him when i found him on the coraline covered rock.

[Loverotties]

Looks like a Chiton to me also.