Help with ID

[TonyT]

Last night I was lookin in the reef about 11:30 and found this critter. Appears to be some type of cowrie.

So while it was out and accessible I caught it and isolated it till I can find out if it is reef safe or not. Any help IDing this guy would be appreciated. This is the closest thing I found surfing the net.

No idea where it came from and just wanna know if it will harm anything. I read that they will eat corals and anemoneas as they get bigger.

 

[Speg]

looks more like some cowrie than a conch.

 

[Speg]

Try to google either:
Cypraea annulus
Cypraea moneta
or cypraea obveleta

 

[Speg]

p.s.

You'd want to pray that it wasn't what was in that pic of what you thought resembles it :tongue:

 

[TonyT]

looks more like some cowrie than a conch.

I actually meant to say cowrie. The other is a chestnut cowrie, not sure where the conch came from.

 

[Speg]

I actually meant to say cowrie. The other is a chestnut cowrie, not sure where the conch came from.

You must have had conch on the mind :)

 

[TonyT]

You must have had conch on the mind :)

I think it was my subCONCHeous.