Unidentified slug thingy....

[duc]

Anyone know what my new friend is? Last night while sitting in the dark and tank watching I notice this little fellow on a rock, it was very fast when I tried catching it. It is in my sump now but still I am curious, looks like a land slug.
The snails are the harmless ones but I have thousands so whenever I night watch I grab a few and sump-em.
http://www.maast.org/albums/duc/DSC04336.jpg
http://www.maast.org/albums/duc/DSC04337.jpg
Clif

[ansonluna]

I have a ton of those little round ones. From what I have seen they don't harm anything and are probably eating alot of algea as I sleep at night. The longer guy, is good also. You want those. It should have a little half shell right behind his head.

[duc]

It did/does have a hard looking shell on the front, I thought it did but figured I was crazy now you confirmed it.
So what is it?

How are my dogs doing?
Clif

[greatwit]

Looks like a stomatella snail to me. Very good to have in my opinion. http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/main_pages/faq_rock2.htm
Thats a good site for hitchhikers in your tank.

[ansonluna]

yeah thats it....i was gonna say it starts with an "s".


Dogs doing awsome. Ones getting fatter and the other is always looking for something to tear up. :roll

[duc]

Are you talking about this one?
http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/img/stomatella.jpg
I looked at that site first and didn't see anything, I guess if I looked at it from the bottom it might look like the one in the pic.
Clif

[ansonluna]

Bottom? Thats the half shell right there :lol . Why are you looking at snail's bottoms BTW....snailphilia!?!?!?

[GaryP]

Chiton?

[tgray]

Stomatella varia ?

[Isis]

It is a stomatella, in the monoplacofora group. A chiton is in the polyplacofora group.

[GaryP]

Thanks Isis. I forgot to count the placoforas in the pic. :)

[Isis]

Thanks Isis. I forgot to count the placoforas in the pic. :)Well I just took a course covering this, that is the only reason why I know this. Hey, a higher education really pays off sometimes!! :lol

[duc]

Saw another one last night that looked exactly like the first one but it was pitch blach. To late now but are the black ones harmless to?
Clif

[Pacman]

All my stomatellas are black actually. They've never harmed anything except the miscellaneous diatom.

[ReefOne]

stomatellas. They are awesome little cleaners. Started with one and I now I have about 6.

[duc]

Good to hear, thanks.

[snoop]

If you like the little guys dont get a sixline wrasse they wil wipe them out.