Help ID this snail

mikekr · 02/04/2008, 07:26 PM

Here are 3 pics of a snail I have. Anyone know what it is?

Packersfan21 · 02/04/2008, 07:34 PM

I don't know what it is but you would probably get better luck posting this in the invertebrate forum.

cubsFAN · 02/04/2008, 07:36 PM

maybe super tongan nassarius

Packersfan21 · 02/04/2008, 07:37 PM

No it isn't. I have some and they are smaller and have white more pointed shells.

walkerbrody · 02/04/2008, 08:15 PM

Lettered Olive Snail - Oliva sayana

pagojoe · 02/04/2008, 08:44 PM

Looks like walkerbrody nailed it. They are predators as well as scavengers. See the little line going front to back down the middle of the underside of the foot? That's a "pocket" where the olive will stuff prey it catches to suffocate/anaesthetize it before it eats it. They're beautiful animals, but they hide in the sand most of the time. I don't know if it's truly poisonous, but the olive slime smells like pepper and will make your lips numb if you accidentally rub any of it on your lips while you're wiping your face...

Cheers,

Don

Larah · 02/04/2008, 09:21 PM

Ok Pagojoe, I gotta ask... How EXACTLY do you know the
slime of this particular snail will make your lips numb?
What have you been doin'? LOL!!!

pagojoe · 02/05/2008, 01:10 AM

Wellll, if you're snorkeling, and catching Olive snails, and your glove is covered with Olive snot, and you wipe your face as you get outta the water...you understand. I learned that fireworm bristles are still bristly when they are embedded in your gloves in the same way (the back side of the bristles will puncture your brow just like the front side will).

Lemeshianos · 02/05/2008, 04:12 AM

You really enjoy rubbing your face after you had your hands in your tank eh?

Larah · 02/05/2008, 10:06 AM

Egads Pagojoe! I will rememebr that... I'm planning a trip to Australia and will be snorkeling!
Don't plan to catch anything, but you never know, something might catch me! LOL!

Sk8r · 02/05/2008, 10:10 AM

This guy would be a beautiful and useful specimen in a fuge or sump.

02/04/2008, 07:26 PM	#1
mikekr Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Plantation, FL Posts: 52	Help ID this snail Here are 3 pics of a snail I have. Anyone know what it is?

02/04/2008, 07:34 PM	#2
Packersfan21 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wabash, IN Posts: 920	I don't know what it is but you would probably get better luck posting this in the invertebrate forum. __________________ 90 gallon reef: 1 black ocellaris clown, 1 kole tang, 1 hippo tang, 1 mimic tang,1 leopard wrasse, 1 chromis, 75 gallon FOWLR: 1 blue-spotted puffer, 1 flame angel, 1 snowflake eel Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef and 75 gallon FOWLR

02/04/2008, 07:37 PM	#4
Packersfan21 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wabash, IN Posts: 920	No it isn't. I have some and they are smaller and have white more pointed shells. __________________ 90 gallon reef: 1 black ocellaris clown, 1 kole tang, 1 hippo tang, 1 mimic tang,1 leopard wrasse, 1 chromis, 75 gallon FOWLR: 1 blue-spotted puffer, 1 flame angel, 1 snowflake eel Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef and 75 gallon FOWLR

02/04/2008, 08:15 PM	#5
walkerbrody lost ball in high weeds Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gadsden, Al Posts: 504	Lettered Olive Snail - Oliva sayana __________________ "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right." — Henry Ford Current Tank Info: 265 mixed reef, 110 fowlr, 40g fuge, 75g sump.

02/05/2008, 10:10 AM	#11
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	This guy would be a beautiful and useful specimen in a fuge or sump. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

02/04/2008, 07:36 PM	#3
cubsFAN Moved On Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Lake Tahoe Posts: 1,550	maybe super tongan nassarius

02/04/2008, 08:44 PM	#6
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	Looks like walkerbrody nailed it. They are predators as well as scavengers. See the little line going front to back down the middle of the underside of the foot? That's a "pocket" where the olive will stuff prey it catches to suffocate/anaesthetize it before it eats it. They're beautiful animals, but they hide in the sand most of the time. I don't know if it's truly poisonous, but the olive slime smells like pepper and will make your lips numb if you accidentally rub any of it on your lips while you're wiping your face... Cheers, Don

02/04/2008, 09:21 PM	#7
Larah Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Posts: 1,932	Ok Pagojoe, I gotta ask... How EXACTLY do you know the slime of this particular snail will make your lips numb? What have you been doin'? LOL!!!

02/05/2008, 01:10 AM	#8
pagojoe Team RC Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Conroe, TX Posts: 2,761	Wellll, if you're snorkeling, and catching Olive snails, and your glove is covered with Olive snot, and you wipe your face as you get outta the water...you understand. I learned that fireworm bristles are still bristly when they are embedded in your gloves in the same way (the back side of the bristles will puncture your brow just like the front side will).

02/05/2008, 04:12 AM	#9
Lemeshianos Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Limassol, Cyprus Posts: 468	You really enjoy rubbing your face after you had your hands in your tank eh?

02/05/2008, 10:06 AM	#10
Larah Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Posts: 1,932	Egads Pagojoe! I will rememebr that... I'm planning a trip to Australia and will be snorkeling! Don't plan to catch anything, but you never know, something might catch me! LOL!