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Sports Girl
04/20/2006, 03:03 PM
I know this pic is crappy, but does anyone have any idea what kinda snail this is? I went to my LFS and asked for three snails, and they bagged up two of these guys and one astraea, and then rang them up as pyramid snails. Reliable. The shell kind of swirls around to the top and there are little nubbins on the edges. Very slow movers with cream colored foot. It's just left of the BTA. I'll try to get a better pic when the lights come on.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/569/105592Tank_and_Miloh_071.jpg
Paintbug
04/20/2006, 03:17 PM
looks like a mexican turbo to me. hard to say for sure. they can get pretty big.
frederickk
04/20/2006, 04:59 PM
Get you get a closeup of it?
CrystalAZ
04/20/2006, 05:17 PM
If it has a bunch of points around the shell like it appears to, it is a type of astraea. A good guy. I had one as a hitchhiker but a hermit got his shell. :(

Crystal
CrystalAZ
04/20/2006, 05:26 PM
Here's a link to my old thread with pics. Is this your snail?

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=409440

Crystal
reeformadness
04/20/2006, 05:50 PM
Pyramid Trochus (http://www.withinmysite.com/main/pagemaker/catalog.php?type=product&id=3853&pageid=10239&sid=101&cid=581)

There is a pyramid Trochus. It's hard to tell from that picture. Do you know what area it came from? Look at the link for a picture.
Sports Girl
04/20/2006, 06:44 PM
Here are some slightly clearer pics...

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/569/105592Tank_and_Miloh_074-med.jpg http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/569/105592Tank_and_Miloh_073-med.jpg

I have some astraeas and these two new ones don't look anything like them...I also have mexican turbos and chesnutt turbos...I have never seen snails that look like these...The trochus look too smooth...I have no idea what area they are from...Thanks for all help so far!
Paintbug
04/20/2006, 07:06 PM
best i could come up with is a Trochus sacellus rota
http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_1682.html
reeformadness
04/20/2006, 07:32 PM
Looks close...try this link too

try this too (http://www.specimenshells.net/7213.htm)

there are sooo many different types of snails...to really id this you will have to do alot of research...a key would be best
reeformadness
04/20/2006, 07:34 PM
try gastropods.com