Id red snail

[PeterEde]

I found this snail.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

There’s no photo

 

[PeterEde]

There’s no photo

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[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Possibly Aesopus cumingii - a dove snail. If so, it's probably completely safe.

 

[PeterEde]

Possibly Aesopus cumingii - a dove snail. If so, it's probably completely safe.

Yep looks like that.
I found it at a goni. Looked to be nibbling at it?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Yep looks like that.
I found it at a goni. Looked to be nibbling at it?

Given the family that it's in, it's unlikely that it would go after corals, but I can't rule it out altogether (I can't find any information about the diet of this specific snail - or even any of the other snails in the genus that I've looked at). Again, though, since it's in the dove snail family, it's probably just eating microalgae growing near (or possibly on) the goni.

If you're concerned, I'd say to keep an eye on it for a few days to see if any of your corals show signs of irritation or damage that can't be explained by other things, but I'd think it pretty unlikely.

 

[PeterEde]

Given the family that it's in, it's unlikely that it would go after corals, but I can't rule it out altogether (I can't find any information about the diet of this specific snail - or even any of the other snails in the genus that I've looked at). Again, though, since it's in the dove snail family, it's probably just eating microalgae growing near (or possibly on) the goni.

If you're concerned, I'd say to keep an eye on it for a few days to see if any of your corals show signs of irritation or damage that can't be explained by other things, but I'd think it pretty unlikely.

thanks for your help