Can I Get an id on this Snail?

[Reefer Matt]

It has a mouth like a bumblebee snail (trunk like) and a shiny spiral shell. Thanks!

 

[Reefkeepers Archive]

@ISpeakForTheSeas

 

[WheatToast]

It has a mouth like a bumblebee snail (trunk like) and a shiny spiral shell. Thanks!

I remember IDing something like this once a very long time ago. I'll be back once I find the thread where I did so.

 

[WheatToast]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/baby-nassarius-snail-pics-included.861347/
What you are seeing is a Marginella snail or a related species, which are sometimes sold as detritivores but will also prey upon other snails.

I found this guy strolling fast on my sand bed. It looked candy cane stripped at first. Took it out when I realized it was a snail. It is the size of a grain of rice. It looks like it has a siphon. Is it a baby nassarius snail? I do have two nassarius snails. I know that whelks look very similar. Or maybe it is a totally different kind of snail. Just didn't know if anyone could tell being this small. If it's a baby nassarius snail I don't want to get rid of it.

 

[Reefer Matt]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/baby-nassarius-snail-pics-included.861347/
What you are seeing is a Marginella snail or a related species, which are sometimes sold as detritivores but will also prey upon other snails.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/baby-nassarius-snail-pics-included.861347/
What you are seeing is a Marginella snail or a related species, which are sometimes sold as detritivores but will also prey upon other snails.

Thank you!

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/baby-nassarius-snail-pics-included.861347/
What you are seeing is a Marginella snail or a related species, which are sometimes sold as detritivores but will also prey upon other snails.

Yeah, the closest snails I know are from the same taxonomic subfamily (Marginellinae) as true Marginella spp. snails - I'd guess a Volvarina sp.; these are still known as "Marginella" or "Margin" shells/snails.