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MRCORAL
04/20/2006, 09:10 PM
Saw it on a zoo last night but does not look like a nubi. It had a very hard shell. Almost look like a claim?

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i211/mrcoral/MVC-055L.jpg
sloshes
04/20/2006, 09:39 PM
Another angle would help. Is the gold dome the shell?
Anemone
04/20/2006, 09:41 PM
Looks like it might be a stomatella snail. Looks a little "off" from the typical look, but that might be because it's out of the water.

Kevin
MRCORAL
04/20/2006, 09:43 PM
Yes, it is the shell on the top. When I pulled it out it broke into 2 pieces. What I need to know is it ok?
sloshes
04/20/2006, 09:44 PM
Maybe a cowry?
MRCORAL
04/20/2006, 09:48 PM
Can it hurt anything?
sloshes
04/20/2006, 09:50 PM
Sorry, I don't know.
Paintbug
04/21/2006, 08:58 AM
google stomatella snail that should get some good pics for you to look at. thats what it looks like to me as well. not a happy one though. they are great for the tank. whatever it is it doesnt look harmful. try to put it in some SW in a dish, and get a pic of it opened up and moving.
Anemone
04/21/2006, 09:24 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7217910#post7217910 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MRCORAL
Yes, it is the shell on the top. When I pulled it out it broke into 2 pieces. What I need to know is it ok?

Stomatella snails can release their "tail" in the same manner as lizards and for the same reason - as a predation defense mechanism. Was it the "tail" that "broke away"?

Kevin
MRCORAL
04/21/2006, 04:41 PM
Not sure look like about half of it.
jpslickorocks
04/21/2006, 05:14 PM
stomatellas are good