Black slug/shell-less snail?

yeah i wish i had just two in my 10g by far my favorite free snail and they breed like crazy meaning more free snails SOMEBODY SEND ME SUM i have been unlucky in getting them as hh

 

LOL if i can get the 2 in my 29 to breed they will be in my 10 as soon as I see them!!

 

put them in the fuge then again when i had them breeding in my 65g the tank was fishless for 6 months as long as u dont have fish that eat snails breeding them is ez

 

I have horrible eyesight and I cannot find my magnifying glass. While there are black stomatella, they are quite rare. In spite of my poor eyesight, I can see at least this much;

Snail that looks like it has no shell
It is black
There is a white spot.

Those 3 characteristics tells me it is a scutus (shield limpet). If I'm correct, it has a shell (just like stomatella have shells). However, they put flaps over it just like a cowrie/cowry. That is why when you have a scutus, you will sometimes see a large white shell, a small white spot, or no white shell visible at all.

Whether it's a stomatella or a scutus doesn't really matter as both are awesome algae eaters. Take a gander scutus - Google Search Scutus are rarely seen until they become large.

 

now u have me looking closer
for some reason i cant click it

 

Google Scutus and then on the left side of the page, click on "images"

 

OK so yeppers, I think it's a scutus too. It's amazing how I seem to learn something new everyday. One of the most enjoyable parts of this hobby!

 

im sorry im going with stomatella that snail in his picture foot is like a stomatella and shell shape .the shell on a scutus snail is different compared to his picture look at the foot

 

Inwall told you exactly right, black Stomatellas are fairly rare, and a white spot on a black slug usually indicates a Scutus rather than a Stomatella. However...I blew up your pic and got a pretty good look at it, and I can clearly see the break between the shell and the animal. The white dot is at the shell's spire, and although that's also somewhat unusual for a Stomatella, that's what it actually is! It could be either Stomatella impertusa or Stomatella varia, since both come in black variants. S. varia shows concentric microsculpture on the shell, while S. impertusa has tiny striations that radiate toward the anterior edge. Some of the the shells in the link below are misidentified, but they are all Stomatellas:

Stomatella impertusa

Cheers,



Don

 

i didn't know they were rare, if they start breeding i'll be more than happy to share them