What might this hitch hiker be?

arrowheadpuffer · 01/14/2010, 07:29 PM

Its about 1cm across, white hard shell kinda shaped like a fake finger nail. Inside is a small snail looking creature, two antenna or eye stock kinda things and a little cute mouth.

I cant get a picture till my wife gets home, for now its still in a glass of tank water.

What might this thing be? safe/unsafe?

poolkeeper1 · 01/14/2010, 07:30 PM

Stomatella?

poolkeeper1 · 01/14/2010, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by arrowheadpuffer

Its about 1cm across, white hard shell kinda shaped like a fake finger nail. Inside is a small snail looking creature, two antenna or eye stock kinda things and a little cute mouth.

I cant get a picture till my wife gets home, for now its still in a glass of tank water.

What might this thing be? safe/unsafe?

If It's a Stomatella they are reef safe and good to have them In your system.
Bill

arrowheadpuffer · 01/14/2010, 07:38 PM

Ive had Stomatella before, they seem to have alot more body to shell ratio than this guy.

that is like 3/5ths body, the guy in the cup is like 2/3rds shell.

jflick345 · 01/14/2010, 09:07 PM

+1 sounds like a stomatella. Chances are if you see one then you have dozens. Take a look when the lights are out.

Chiefsurfer · 01/14/2010, 09:51 PM

Chiton?

I have 2-3. They are estimated to live a century or more.

MandM · 01/14/2010, 09:55 PM

That's him in the pic? Stomatella. The shape and size of the shell varies.

arrowheadpuffer · 01/14/2010, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MandM

That's him in the pic? Stomatella. The shape and size of the shell varies.

read what I said in that post, thats a pic of a stomatella I just found on the internet, what I say in the post is that the shell on a stomatella is much smaller than what I have. What I have is about 2/3rds shell, there is no way for the body to extended out from the shell like a stomatella.

ie a stomatella will always have some fleshyness exposed, this guy couldn't expose flesh with out getting flipped over.

Ill go take a pic...

MandM · 01/14/2010, 10:10 PM

That would help a lot.

Wippit · 01/14/2010, 10:11 PM

Here's a good site I found in another thread: http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm

arrowheadpuffer · 01/14/2010, 10:25 PM

I cant get a good pic, crappy camera...

Its like a limpet, but a very different shell type than a key-hole limpet, Imagine a limpet that lived in a white finger nail. Either way he got permanently removed...

Thanks everyone.

01/14/2010, 07:29 PM	#1
arrowheadpuffer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: CA Posts: 396	What might this hitch hiker be? Its about 1cm across, white hard shell kinda shaped like a fake finger nail. Inside is a small snail looking creature, two antenna or eye stock kinda things and a little cute mouth. I cant get a picture till my wife gets home, for now its still in a glass of tank water. What might this thing be? safe/unsafe? __________________ -arrowhead Current Tank Info: 90g

01/14/2010, 07:38 PM	#4
arrowheadpuffer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: CA Posts: 396	Ive had Stomatella before, they seem to have alot more body to shell ratio than this guy. that is like 3/5ths body, the guy in the cup is like 2/3rds shell. __________________ -arrowhead Current Tank Info: 90g

01/14/2010, 09:55 PM	#7
MandM sick yet brilliant Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sacramento Posts: 1,497	That's him in the pic? Stomatella. The shape and size of the shell varies. __________________ Sheila I was emo when emo wasn't cool If your not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Current Tank Info: 120g, 8g

01/14/2010, 10:10 PM	#9
MandM sick yet brilliant Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sacramento Posts: 1,497	That would help a lot. __________________ Sheila I was emo when emo wasn't cool If your not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. Current Tank Info: 120g, 8g

01/14/2010, 10:25 PM	#11
arrowheadpuffer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: CA Posts: 396	I cant get a good pic, crappy camera... Its like a limpet, but a very different shell type than a key-hole limpet, Imagine a limpet that lived in a white finger nail. Either way he got permanently removed... Thanks everyone. __________________ -arrowhead Current Tank Info: 90g

01/14/2010, 07:30 PM	#2
poolkeeper1 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Spring Hill, TN Posts: 4,674	Stomatella?

01/14/2010, 09:07 PM	#5
jflick345 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 884	+1 sounds like a stomatella. Chances are if you see one then you have dozens. Take a look when the lights are out.

01/14/2010, 09:51 PM	#6
Chiefsurfer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Seaside Park, NJ Posts: 2,138	Chiton? I have 2-3. They are estimated to live a century or more.

01/14/2010, 10:11 PM	#10
Wippit Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 41	Here's a good site I found in another thread: http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm