Some bizzare snail like creature??

Hey all, when my tang died he died in the most awkward place, so while i was getting him out i decided to move everything around. Whilst doing so I came acrss a few of these bizzare things, it looked like a slug with a small bronze shell on its back. Totally flexible tho and very fast! it couldnt retract into its shell tho like a snail. Any ideas?

 

Tropical Abalone.

 

Tropical bolony. never heard of it.. lmao!!! I thought that was a lunch meat from a island or something....

 

Hey Geekdafied, is that the name for Stommetela Varia? Cause i only know them by that name and i swear thats what the pic is of.

 

just googled it - seems to be the one, thanks!

 

A lot of people mistake abalones for stomatellas. Stomatellas do not have the fringey stuff growing over the edges of the shells.

 

then i have i have both abalones and Stomatellas in my tank, sweeto.

 

I have a ton of the black abalones, they reproduce like crazy in my tank.

 

wish mine would get to reproducing more....... most of my snails got attacked by my hermits and now i need to go buy more snails sometime because i forgot to when i waas at the LFS

 

Im about to order a bunch of snails for my tanks.