Need Snail ID

I'd like to know what kind of snail these two are. If I need to give any additional info, I will. Just don't know what's pertinent.

 

I believe that's a Nassarius snail.

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first looks to be a nassarius, does it bury itself in the sand? second one looks like maybe a conch of some type,

 

No, it does not bury itself. However, I have crushed coral substrate, not sand. My CC pieces are probably on the order of 3mm or so - quite small; but much larger than sand grains...

 

Cerith snails like to bury them self s in the substrate, it is good possibility of it being one,
for they have different outer shells

 

I'm pretty sure that's a muricid, and I think it's a juvenile Stramonita haemastoma. It is likely a predatory snail, and may eat other molluscs in your tank. How large is it, and do you know where it originated?

If it came off the rocks at San Luis Pass, or off the granite blocks at the Galveston jetties, that's what it's going to be. They normally feed on barnacles but may kill bivalves or other snails for food.

Cheers,



Don

 

The first snail is a good one. The second is bad news. The shape of the shell makes me think it is in the tulip family. They will kill good snail population and they do not eat algae.

 

I think those two pics are of the same snail, or at least the same species. Neither one of them is a good snail from most aquarists' point of view, since they are mollusc predators.

Stramonita haemastoma floridana

Cheers,


Don

 

Maybe for the second one, but not the first one.

 

Hello Texan! You nailed it. Granite in Galveston. I'm up in the Tomball area - got family living off 105 too. Kind of surprised me how specific you were on the probable origination and then I saw you're in Conroe. Awesome.

When my cycle is over and I put in my clean-up crew, I'm going to get rid of these. No worries though, I'll haul them out to the ocean. They deserve that much, I guess.

I already had one of these snails eat the other (I had 3, now I have 2).

A few people brought up snails burrowing into the substrate. Mine is crushed coral (about 3 or 4mm diameter pieces). (IMO, I much prefer the look of CC over sand). Will the various snails, etc. common to clean-up crews bought online burrow into this kind of substrate? I know I can specify and get my order customized, but I'd like to know ahead of time.

Thanks!