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Tiny Snail ID
I just found this tiny snail on the glass. It conviently crawled right up just out of the water for me to pluck out and photograph. Can anyone ID this? From the underside it looks very much like my trochus snails. But not so much from the top but I don't know how they start out looking. It is 1/8" long and moves fairly quickly but not as fast as a nassarius. I have ceriths, trochus, and nassarius in my tank. But it may have come from a couple
frags I just got.
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Maybe a colinista snail. They are round shaped and are often hitchhikers on
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I believe them to be harmless, even desirable.
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Amblyeleotris randalli commonly called Randall's Goby.
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Amphibious I believe them to harmless, even desirable.
I just thought that I typed what Dick said! Geez, I must have been brain dead.
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Looks like a Nerite to me. Do you have a side shot of the snail? (Nerites are good too- you should be happy if it is one)
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I agree, that is not a collonista but a nerite.
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