Snail from Jupiter Fl

[Mark]

Hi Ron,

A couple of months ago, I was down in Jupiter(just north of West Palm) Fl. I did some collecting in an inlet. Brought home some Caulerpa, mangroves, seagrass, and some mangrove mud. In the mess, a little snail hitchhiked along. It reminds me a lot of a nassarius type snail. An ideas what it might be? He's pretty quick when I add food to the tank.

http://www.tidalblue.com/images/snail.jpg
http://www.tidalblue.com/images/snail2.jpg
http://www.tidalblue.com/images/snail3.jpg
http://www.tidalblue.com/images/snail4.jpg

[rshimek]

Hi Mark,

It is a Nassarius. There are 3-4 species that are found in Florida.

[Mark]

:D :D

How cool! I collected my own Nassarius! Next time I'm visiting family, I guess I will see if I can find some more. I suspected it was a Nassarius, but wanted to leave that call to the gastropod expert. Thank you! It's really great to have you back. Its like the old reefcentral again!

[rshimek]

Mark,

Glad to help.

Thank John and Larry for convincing me to return.

Ron