Stometella look alike?

dobejazz · 07-29-2007, 12:48 PM

I've noticed these guys for the last few days at first I thought they were just stomatella snails now I'm not so sure.

There are 2 that I've noticed but they are out during the day not at night like all the stometellas in the other tank. I also see them near corals which I never noticed my other stometellas doing

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dobejazz · 07-29-2007, 12:50 PM

same snail - I can't get a pic of the other one he is towards the back of the tank.
As you can tell the Palys near this guy aren't happy campers

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ChrisPrusha · 07-30-2007, 04:42 PM

Hmmm...it looks mostly like a stomatella.

It's the antennae that makes me think twice.

Heck, it's got to be one, doesn't it?

steamboatwv · 07-30-2007, 07:47 PM

I did some looking around in the stomatellid species and whooo there is a few of them to say the least lol but here is a couple of pics that was in there and both look similar to what you have there and it all points to harmless stomatella, i would say that the palys are just closing up cause its touching them not hurting them.

redvipe2010 · 07-31-2007, 02:06 AM

It looks like a stomatella snail to me. I would also agree with above post, that polyps are closing up because the snail is touching it. I have seen this many times in my tank. Polyps always open back up.

Loverotties · 07-31-2007, 06:18 AM

It's the antenna that got me baffled?

ChilisREasy · 07-31-2007, 08:00 AM

i have some of those snails too..they have killed some xenias by ripping them off the rocks with there shells while feeding on alge ..but thats about it..ive never seen them kill corals for fun or food

YLChik · 07-31-2007, 09:38 AM

looks like it has bunny ears!

Sure looks like a stomatella and teh above info makes sense, but there are so many weird things that end up in our tanks....

anybody know for sure?