snail i.d.

[Miomo]

no doubt a cowrie

 

[toolbox31]

I also think it looks like a cowry, a young one might not have fully developed both sides of it's shell yet

 

[pagojoe]

Don't know if you ever figured out what the snail was, but it's a marginellid, Prunum apicinum. They are predator/scavengers, and may kill and eat tiny animals in your tank, as well as scavenging bits of meaty leftovers. One or two won't be a problem, but a whole tank full might deplete your sandbed fauna.

http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_1957.shtml

Cheers,



Don
(PagoJoe)

 

[Jory]

Don't know if you ever figured out what the snail was, but it's a marginellid, Prunum apicinum. They are predator/scavengers, and may kill and eat tiny animals in your tank, as well as scavenging bits of meaty leftovers. One or two won't be a problem, but a whole tank full might deplete your sandbed fauna.

http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_1957.shtml

Cheers,



Don
(PagoJoe)

thank you soooooo much!
it is definitely something along those lines.
woww, i thought i'd never get a real i.d. on this one!
thank you thank you thank you.
i have around 3 of them, maybe more. i started out with a few, then they started breeding and i wound up with babies.