help me identify this flat shelled snail PICS

gfk · 09/01/2006, 06:10 PM

I just saw this in my tank and was able to remove it, i am curious as to whether or not it is a snail that should be left in, or taken out of my tank.

3D-Reef · 09/01/2006, 06:20 PM

Looks like the lid to a turbo snail.Shouldn't hurt either way,it isn't alive.

gfk · 09/01/2006, 06:21 PM

i have a mexican turbo, what do you mean the lid, like the edge of its shell? i couldnt tell if it were a snail or what, just wnated to be cautious

gfk · 09/01/2006, 07:13 PM

anyone else?

King-Kong · 09/01/2006, 07:25 PM

I dont think that's a lid to a turbo's shell.

That aside, I dont know what that is :-\ Sorry

gfk · 09/01/2006, 08:14 PM

ya, i looked at my turbo, and it looked normal... so this thing isnt going back in, whatever it is

Amphiprion · 09/01/2006, 08:26 PM

It is the snail's operculum--the 'lid' that closes off the opening of the shell.

kass03 · 09/01/2006, 08:28 PM

Also looks to me just like the lid of a turbo.
I thought that before reading the first post.

If your turbo is'nt dead it could have been in the sand already or something.

kass

dc · 09/01/2006, 08:51 PM

You have a dead snail somewhere. No idea what kind tho. When snails go into their shells they use that 'lid' to seal themselves in, if it's gone there is no protection for the snail. I would guess it died first then the lid fell off.

kass03 · 09/01/2006, 08:59 PM

Yeah you see that when they die but gfk says the turbo looks normal which is why I said maybe it was in the sand already. Meaning from another dead snail.

kass

09/01/2006, 06:10 PM	#1
gfk Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Benicia, CA Posts: 1,601	help me identify this flat shelled snail PICS I just saw this in my tank and was able to remove it, i am curious as to whether or not it is a snail that should be left in, or taken out of my tank.

09/01/2006, 08:26 PM	#7
Amphiprion Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 6,611	It is the snail's operculum--the 'lid' that closes off the opening of the shell. __________________ You've done it now, haven't you? Current Tank Info: 40g breeder patch reef w/ seagrass; 2-250w XM 10K; Vortech MP40wES & MP10wES; BM Curve 7 skimmer; carbon & occasional GFO

09/01/2006, 08:51 PM	#9
dc Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Wyoming Posts: 44,684	You have a dead snail somewhere. No idea what kind tho. When snails go into their shells they use that 'lid' to seal themselves in, if it's gone there is no protection for the snail. I would guess it died first then the lid fell off. __________________ Debi ~60 Cube~ Why? Because I said so of course. -Sent via Tapatalk Smoke Signals-

09/01/2006, 06:20 PM	#2
3D-Reef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wichita,Ks Posts: 602	Looks like the lid to a turbo snail.Shouldn't hurt either way,it isn't alive.

09/01/2006, 06:21 PM	#3
gfk Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Benicia, CA Posts: 1,601	i have a mexican turbo, what do you mean the lid, like the edge of its shell? i couldnt tell if it were a snail or what, just wnated to be cautious

09/01/2006, 07:13 PM	#4
gfk Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Benicia, CA Posts: 1,601	anyone else?

09/01/2006, 07:25 PM	#5
King-Kong Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 2,346	I dont think that's a lid to a turbo's shell. That aside, I dont know what that is :-\ Sorry

09/01/2006, 08:14 PM	#6
gfk Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Benicia, CA Posts: 1,601	ya, i looked at my turbo, and it looked normal... so this thing isnt going back in, whatever it is

09/01/2006, 08:28 PM	#8
kass03 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Kaukauna, Wi Posts: 2,937	Also looks to me just like the lid of a turbo. I thought that before reading the first post. If your turbo is'nt dead it could have been in the sand already or something. kass

09/01/2006, 08:59 PM	#10
kass03 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Kaukauna, Wi Posts: 2,937	Yeah you see that when they die but gfk says the turbo looks normal which is why I said maybe it was in the sand already. Meaning from another dead snail. kass