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d9sccr
09/30/2007, 02:48 PM
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/569/116866Sundial_Snail.JPG
BraenDead
09/30/2007, 02:54 PM
Looks similar to one I used to have. Does it have a big spike looking thing near its head? (Sorry, I'm not up on my snail terminology)

Bob
cloak
09/30/2007, 04:14 PM
Thought the sundial snails were round and somewhat flat. Heliacus variegatus. Pyramid snail maybe.
BangkokMatt
09/30/2007, 04:39 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10874777#post10874777 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cloak
Thought the sundial snails were round and somewhat flat.

They are. Not sure what that snail is though.
Freed
09/30/2007, 04:46 PM
Not a sundial.
Scissorhand
09/30/2007, 05:46 PM
Definitely not.

You'll more than likely find them on your favorites zoos rather than on the gravel like that.
korndogg091
09/30/2007, 05:48 PM
best way to tell is one, if its eating you r zoos and two take it out, flip it over and look for the trap door by its head.
d9sccr
10/01/2007, 01:43 PM
Well, something is eating my zoos, but I'll have to look for the trap door by its head.
Paintbug
10/01/2007, 06:18 PM
that snail is either a whelk, maybe some kind of cerith snail. cant tell from that pic for sure. it looks a lot like a snail i seen munching on a monti cap in the LFS one day.
mikekman
10/01/2007, 06:50 PM
Sundials are flat and have a circular patten on their shell........kind o like a actual sundial. Plus you will see them next to the zoos.

Do you see the snail in the pic on the glass eating algae or maybe going after food that you feed the tank?
SeaMac2
10/02/2007, 12:00 PM
Here's a top and bottom pic of the sundial snail (Heliacus spp.):

http://www.corallibrary.info/data/537/450heliacus-snail1.jpg