Snail ID

[Raphael Dalmeida]

Hi,

Can you ID this snail?

Thanks

 

[Rtaylor]

I’m not an expert, but looks a lot like

Mancinella echinulate​

Certainly looks like it might be in the genus
Mancinella

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

@ISpeakForTheSeas

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Mancinella sp. is a good guess.

The best I can do is narrow it down to most likely being in the taxonomic Subfamily Rapaninae (the Rapanine Whelks) - this subfamily includes the Mancinella genus, and a few other genera that have species that look at least superficially similar to this as well, such as Acanthais, Drupa, Menathais, Neothais, Plicopurpura, Reishia, Stramonita, Thais, and Tylothais.

 

[Raphael Dalmeida]

I’m not an expert, but looks a lot like

Mancinella echinulate​

Certainly looks like it might be in the genus
Mancinella

Spot on thanks !

Can't find much info on them online, what do they feed on and are they reef safe ?

Apparently other similar snails from mancinella feed on vermetid snails, wonder if this one too?

Cheers,