unknown snail?
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Topic: unknown snail?
Posted By: kdinkel
Subject: unknown snail?
Date Posted: October 27 2008 at 12:41am
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I found one of these dead a few months back, and now a couple more. It is very flat and about the size of a dime. Maybe as thick as two dimes stacked on each other. Here are some pics (just curious as to what it is. I didn't add it and it appears to be reproducing?) Top view:  bottom view  ------------- 29 gallon reef |
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Posted By: tazman1982
Date Posted: October 27 2008 at 11:52am
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that is the "shield" of a Snail when it goes inside the shell it uses that as a cover to protect it's soft body form the opening ------------- 75 Reef 55 Reef |
Posted By: tazman1982
Date Posted: October 27 2008 at 11:53am
to add to that that usually means the snail it came from is dead.  ------------- 75 Reef 55 Reef |
Posted By: kdinkel
Date Posted: October 27 2008 at 12:01pm
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Gotcha, the piece that closes it off! ------------- 29 gallon reef |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: October 27 2008 at 5:53pm
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It looks too thick to be an operculum to me.
Mike -------------  |
Posted By: jonafriendj
Date Posted: October 27 2008 at 7:56pm
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That looks like it's from a mexican turbo. I was just going to post some pictures of some of mine and see if anyone else thought they'd make cool buttons or cuff links hahahaha ------------- Pleasant Grove |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: October 27 2008 at 9:40pm
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They would make cool buttons!
Mike ------------- |
Posted By: jonafriendj
Date Posted: October 28 2008 at 4:23pm
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I think they are very "pretty", both sides! I wonder how they'd hold up though. Maybe I'll try it some day! ------------- Pleasant Grove |