snail ID please!

[GlobaLPimP]

I got this guy on some new LR. It has the yellow stripe like a bumblebee - but all of the bumblebee pics show a lot of stripes.... any ideas?

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m294/ronjon6977/DSC01191.jpg

[bertoni]

There are so many snails that it's difficult to know what you've got. You really need a snail expert for this one.

[GlobaLPimP]

I was hoping to find one here - or at least someone who has these in their tank so I know if I can put it in my reef tank;)

[nmprisons]

you would need two pics to accurately id ... one of the shell (like you have) and one of the opening where the snail comes out ... i won't be able to id it, but with those two pics a snail expert could.

[masterqaz]

its a bumblebee snail (90 percent sure). Some have more strips than others

[GlobaLPimP]

should I toss him then? I've read that they prey on other snails and some corals. Does anyone here actually have experience with Bumblebee Snails?

[bertoni]

Bumblebee snails are predatory on small animals in the sand. I'd likely just watch this snail, although it could be harmful.

[GlobaLPimP]

It was a tough call, but I didn't want to take any chances so he's on his way to snail heaven;)

[JohnyBravo]

If a snail kills anything in your tanks, it pobably deserves to die. It's a "SNAIL". I have a couple in my tank and they haven't kill anything. Just a scavenger...

http://www.etropicals.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=43&pCatId=1287

[tcb7019]

It does look like a bumblebee snail. The only ones I have ever seen have more stripes, not just the one yellow stripe in the pic.
I have about 9 bumblebee snails and I have never seen them bother anything. They never get in the sand or try to burrow, they stay on the rocks. From what I understand, if you get the ones that do get in the sand, they are the evil ones.

Tom