Help IDing

Last night I was lookin in the reef about 11:30 and found this critter. Appears to be some type of cowrie.



So while it was out and accessible I caught it and isolated it till I can find out if it is reef safe or not. Any help IDing this guy would be appreciated. This is the closest thing I found surfing the net.



No idea where it came from and just wanna know if it will harm anything. I read that they will eat corals and anemoneas as they get bigger

 

ya it looks like a conch i would get rid of it before it hurts your corals

 

I am absolutely NOT an expert... but look at this link and see what you think.

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Well I have it isolated in the sump for right now. dont wanna take any chances.

 

Good choice. Wait for someone much smarter than I to get an id.....

Does it have snail-like antennae protruding???
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The one with the nickel is a money cowrie, these guys are herbivores, they eat filamentous algae, diatoms etc. great find.

 

Yea the one with the nickle is the one I found. Nickle was for size comparison. The other was the closest thing I could find on the net.

 

PM pagojoe! He's a snail expert

 

is that a joke, the one with the NICKEL is a money cowrie?

nope, just looked it up and you are serious.

 

That was actually pretty funny.