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IslandCrow
09/14/2006, 10:20 PM
Anyone have a clue what this thing is. I think it may have hitchhiked in on a green hairy mushroom. As you can see from the first picture, it's very small. At first I thought it may have been a nudi, but it has a hard shell, though it doesn't seem to be able to fully retract into it. It kind of reminds me of a black version of a nassarius snail, though that's obviously not what it is. I'm mainly wondering whether or not it's reef safe. I'm guessing since it appears to be a true snail and not a nudi or some other type of sea slug it probably is.

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charlesr1958
09/15/2006, 12:38 AM
Its a Stomatella, harmless herbivore.


Chuck's Hitch Hikers (http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyummy42/hitchhikers.html)

Laura Senchuk
09/15/2006, 07:33 AM
They are hard little worker's... not to worry.:D