Snail IDs

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  1. jimw369

    jimw369 Fire Shrimp

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    These little snails showed up the last 2 weeks. They are white in color and all over the place. On the rock and glass. I have a couple clams and Im getting a little worried if these could hurt them. Any Ideas? The pic acually shows 2 that are stuck together. They are not even 1/8" across so hard to get a real good pic. Any ideas?

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  3. jimw369

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    Lets try again. Here is a pic. (hopefully)

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    Another snail I caught scaling the glass tonight. ???

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    Those are Tropical Abalones. Some people will call them stomatellas which are similar, but I have those exact ones and black ones, and have been positivly ID'd by 2 marine biologists as Tropical Abalones. The link is to a abalone fishery in Tasmania.

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  6. jimw369

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    Sheeeesh! Here is another one never seen before. This stuff is coming out of nowhere! I think this is a Stomatella Varia but not sure. Any ideas?

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    Im sorry. Its late and Im bushed. Here is that Stomatella. I think.

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    EDIT:ya keep adding pics while Im typing, lol....

    The first pic is a abalone, 2/3 is a stomatella, 4th pic is abalone.
     
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    both are beneficial, algae eaters.
     
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    lol. Im sorry. My brain and fingers are not attatched at this time of night. Thank you so much for the IDs.
     
  12. Tangster

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    You are thinking about the pyramid snail they look like little tiny pointed ice cream cones LOL cream to tan to light brown in color .. I did every clam we have up front before then enter out tanks.. I dipped clams daily at work until I get them under control last winter. I got 130 + from just one clam in a 10 mi test vial it was almost full of them..Set your clams on flat rock or old clam shells to help them ward off