A hitchiker on my Turbo snail

[brad23]

I just noticed him last night, it's a small shell attached to the turbos shell and this black looking thing comes out of it and sucks on the glass. Kind of looks like a leach.

Is it a baby of some kind or a hitchhiking snail.

[LTJGAlex]

Sounds like a stomatella snail, very good for the tank. If it's a small roundish shell either blackish or mother-of-pearl, and if the body is much bigger than the shell when it's out, that sounds like it. They're nocturnal.

[brad23]

It's a cream colored shell kind of round I guess and body of this snail is black.

Why would it hitch on the turbo it's been there for at least 3 months since I had it.

free ride i guess.

[bertoni]

It might be a pyramid snail. They are parasites on other snails. A search should turn up some photos.

[brad23]

I looked at some pics and it doesn't have a spiral shape shell, it's shell looks more like a Turbos shell. And its body is black.

[Dubbin1]

Brad can you get a picture of it?

[brad23]

I did but it wouldn't let me upload it, said it was the wrong format.

[bj32482]

www.photobucket.com

[LTJGAlex]

Yeah sorry, not a stomatella...sounds odd.

[bertoni]

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=531326

The link doesn't work for me; I get dumped onto a login page. Maybe that thread will help?