Snail ID

[CloudReefer]

Hi all, saw a couple of snails in my tank that I can't ID.

These are tiny and very fast. maybe 2mm-3mm.

Maybe baby marginella snails?

Haven't noticed then doing anything bad yet.

I got a big order in from reefcleaners a couple months ago, but didn't order anything that looks like these.

Video here:

Thanks!

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Any chance you can get some pics of one in a container of tank water under white light, preferably with a black background? Pics of the top, sides, and bottom would be useful.

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

It's way to hard to tell with that picture and background. Please do what is above.

 

[Baby Damsel 219]

looks like a zombie snail.

 

[CloudReefer]

here you go. this guy is about 2.5mm

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

here you go. this guy is about 2.5mm

Yeah, I'm fairly confident these guys are from the Volutoidea superfamily, most likely either the Marginellidae family or the Cysticidae family.

The "Glowing Marginella" (reportedly Marginella plumiosum) looks pretty close; if that's a match, they're confirmedly carnivorous, but I can't find info from anyone not selling them if that's in a predatory way or in a Nassarius snail kind of way - I'd assume they're safe and not predatory, but I don't know for sure (lots of less-than-honest vendors, unfortunately).

 

[CloudReefer]

Yeah, I'm fairly confident these guys are from the Volutoidea superfamily, most likely either the Marginellidae family or the Cysticidae family.

The "Glowing Marginella" (reportedly Marginella plumiosum) looks pretty close; if that's a match, they're confirmedly carnivorous, but I can't find info from anyone not selling them if that's in a predatory way or in a Nassarius snail kind of way - I'd assume they're safe and not predatory, but I don't know for sure (lots of less-than-honest vendors, unfortunately).

*edit

Hmm doesn't look like the marginella I have in my tank so I wonder if the eggs got brought in with the order. Now to keep or not hmm