Is This A Pest Snail

[salmonslayer]

Can anyone tell if this is a pest. Thanks

 

[The Apprentice]

Hey Salmonslayer check out this link:
http://www.reeffrontiers.com/photos_corals/showphoto.php?photo=624
I am not sure it looks close


Jeff

 

[Herefishyfishy]

Do your snails have a cone shaped operculum?

 

[salmonslayer]

WOW, almost, but this has a mouth more like a turbo snail ( from what I can tell ) only a lot smaller.
Pulled it off the base of a coral. QT it asap till I can ID it.

 

[salmonslayer]

Mike what the , Wait what are you doing up . What is a operculum ? Its mouth?

 

[edwing206]

Those aren't the dreaded sundial snails. I have a bunch of those in my tank. Never seen em do anything bad.

 

[big t]

Those are commonly called "mini turbo's" I never had a lot of them, but I remember Mojo's old tank had literally thousands of them.

 

[Herefishyfishy]

If no clearly cone shaped operculum, (snail door) than not a problem. Just one of the many neat things living in our reefs.

 

[ret25yo]

I have hundreds in my 40b and never a problem just food for the hermits...lol

 

[salmonslayer]

Thanks all. I was ready to call it quits and sell it all on Ebay for $10 and $4000 shipping.

 

[NaH2O]

That is a harmless snail. These snails are likely Collonista, but I've also seen them IDed as an Arene/Macarene snail. From the article: The Grazing Snails, Part 1 - Turbo, Trochus, Astraea and kin

Collonista are "mini-Turbo snails." They are seldom purchased by hobbyists, but are relatively common in reef tanks anyway, because they appear to hitchhike in on live rock or in some live sand. When hobbyists first see them, they presume them to be "baby" grazers of some sort. Instead, they have some of these animals. They reach a maximum adult size of about 1/4th inch (6 mm) in height and diameter. They are often tan to white and have mottled brown color patterns on the shell. They can be distinguished from all other Trochoideans by their small size and the presence of a small pit or hole in the center of the calcareous operculum that plugs the aperture. They reproduce well in aquaria, and are quite good grazers. If present in large numbers, they may effectively replace all other grazers in our systems.

Also, here is another picture: http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_26361.html