Snail without a shell?

[Daniel92481]

I have seen this crawling on my glass a few times. He looks like one of my snails without his shell. Is this possible? I do have stomatellas, but this guy is the size of a regular trochus or turbo. About a half inch long. Does anyone know what he could be? Thanks.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Stomatella snail....it's a small partial shell. They are good. They can grow up to about an inch long.

 

[Daniel92481]

Do they get big like this guy? I’ve only seen small ones.

 

[ChiCity]

yes

 

[Daniel92481]

So cool! Thanks for clarifying.

 

[ssunthar]

So cool! Thanks for clarifying.

Interesting.. any pics to show the other side of the creature?

 

[Daniel92481]

Interesting.. any pics to show the other side of the creature?

That’s all I got for now, but I’ll see if I see him again and will try to take another pic.

 

[Alexopora]

I have seen this crawling on my glass a few times. He looks like one of my snails without his shell. Is this possible? I do have stomatellas, but this guy is the size of a regular trochus or turbo. About a half inch long. Does anyone know what he could be? Thanks.

Their shells remind me of abalone shells. Also a fun fact, they’ll drop their tail/part of their foot when threatened. So its not uncommon to see stomatellas missing parts of their foot.

 

[Daniel92481]

Their shells remind me of abalone shells. Also a fun fact, they’ll drop their tail/part of their foot when threatened. So its not uncommon to see stomatellas missing parts of their foot.

I had heard that they do that with their tails, but never seen it.

 

[ssunthar]

Their shells remind me of abalone shells. Also a fun fact, they’ll drop their tail/part of their foot when threatened. So its not uncommon to see stomatellas missing parts of their foot.

Good to know

 

[Daniel92481]

Interesting.. any pics to show the other side of the creature?

I took this one today. You can see his half shell a little better.

Teenage mutant ninja snail...snail in a half shell...snail power! :p

 

[ssunthar]

I took this one today. You can see his half shell a little better.

Teenage mutant ninja snail...snail in a half shell...snail power! :p

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Snail in a half-shell?

Any idea what this is? It mostly feeds/appears at night or low light and it grazes algae...or at least appears to be. It is also quite fast compared to my other snails.

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