What’s going on with my cowrie snail?

[WhitePanther93]

So I was looking at my tank after the lights went out and noticed what I’m pretty sure was one of the two cowrie snails I recently picked up. Only instead of this:

I see this:

It’s all dark and seems to have things growing off it like it lost its shell or something. Anyone else have cowries and know what’s going on?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

So I was looking at my tank after the lights went out and noticed what I’m pretty sure was one of the two cowrie snails I recently picked up. Only instead of this:

I see this:

It’s all dark and seems to have things growing off it like it lost its shell or something. Anyone else have cowries and know what’s going on?

That’s actually how cowries look when they’re active - they cover their shell with their foot (and a lot of them have strange textures - for lack of a better word at the moment - to their feet which would explain the things “growing” off of it).

If you Google some pics of cowries, you’ll see a few examples.

 

[Jeeperz]

Normal. It's their camouflage

 

[krystinaxlea]

Normal. It's their camouflage

It worked, it took me a few seconds to find.