Raphael Dalmeida
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Hi,
Can you ID this snail?
Thanks
Can you ID this snail?
Thanks
Snail ID
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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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.
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.
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Raphael Dalmeida
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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,
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