Baby Conch Fused to Adult?!?

[Trenton Henderson]

Hey everybody!

I just wanted to share this and see if any of you have seen anything like this. A couple months ago I brought home a tiger conch and noticed it had a baby conch attached to the back of it. Since then, it has grown, but not moved, as if its shell os fused to the adult’s. It also appears to be a different kind of conch all together.

Pretty wild! You can see it in the attached video. It was hard to focus on him that zoomed in.

 

[robotrash]

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[Trenton Henderson]

It’s got two eye stalks and a long mouth like a conch. It’s just all black with some white.

 

[encrustingacro]

yeah, that doesn't look like a baby conch.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I can’t see the video on my phone, but - based on the description of fused - probably either a hoof snail or a slipper limpet.

Edit: Seeing the video now - yeah, most likely a hoof snail; harmless CUC member that rides around on snails or hermit crabs.

 

[Idech]

I can’t see the video. I’d like to see it. Can you post a picture ?

 

[robotrash]

I can’t see the video. I’d like to see it. Can you post a picture ?

Just grabbed this from OPs vid: