Baby snail ID help?

SuncrestReef · Oct 28, 2018

I just noticed this new snail in my tank today. It's about 1/2" long and doesn't appear to have a hard shell yet. My cleanup crew consists of nassarius, cerith, astrea, trochus, and turbo snails. I saw a long line of snail eggs on the back wall of my aquarium about 6 weeks ago, so not sure if this one could be from those eggs.

Can anyone help ID what kind of snail this is?

KrisReef · Oct 28, 2018

Stomatella. Hitchhiker?
Nice video, I've never seen one this up-close before.

SuncrestReef · Oct 28, 2018

KrisReef said:
Stomatella. Hitchhiker?
Nice video, I've never seen one this up-close before.

Thanks! Yes, must have hitchhiked.

The video was shot on my iPhone XS with an orange clip-on filter. Works really well.

kchristensen8064 · Oct 29, 2018

+1 to Stomatella! Awesome cleanup crew. It has a shell but it's small and looks kind of like a fingernail. I looked everywhere to get some of these as I only had 1 for quite a while, that I got as a hitchhiker. They breed well in our aquariums if you can get more. I finally got a hold of some and can't wait to see more popping up. They move quicker than snails and do an amazing job of cleaning up.