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reeferRob
Tue, 26th Feb 2008, 08:24 PM
I found a couple of these very flat shelless snail looking creatures (stomatella of sorts?), the one in the pic is about 3/4" and the other I saw was about an inch long. They stick real tight to the surface, I tried to pry it off but stopped so as not to injure it.

Thanks

Rob

http://www.photohost.org/gallery/data/500/1454IMG_1464001.JPG
versach000
Tue, 26th Feb 2008, 08:37 PM
I think look like this.

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/skaters.html



Also check this too.

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic71834-11-1.aspx?Highlight=melev

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/skaters.html
apedroza
Tue, 26th Feb 2008, 08:47 PM
Might also be a limpet of some sort.
reeferRob
Tue, 26th Feb 2008, 08:51 PM
I think look like this.

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/skaters.html



Also check this too.

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic71834-11-1.aspx?Highlight=melev

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/skaters.html

While they are certainly similar in shape the ones I have seem much larger than the pinhead size of the ones you refer to. Mine are also much darker.
reeferRob
Tue, 26th Feb 2008, 08:57 PM
Might also be a limpet of some sort.

Hmmm won't rule it out, but these guys don't seem to have a shell like the limpets I was able to find on the web
versach000
Tue, 26th Feb 2008, 08:58 PM
1st link is wrong. Sorry. :blushing:
Here is new.

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/chiton.html
devonian
Wed, 27th Feb 2008, 10:06 AM
i too was going with chiton
apedroza
Wed, 27th Feb 2008, 10:17 AM
That middle section almost looks like a shell of some sort.
Crab Rangoon
Wed, 27th Feb 2008, 11:52 AM
I thought Chiton as well, as soon as I saw it, if it were a limpet then it would have an open pore nearly centered on it's shell section. I couldn't see a pore in the pic, so I didn't consider it.
apedroza
Wed, 27th Feb 2008, 12:36 PM
There is a dark spot near the center, but can't tell if its a marking or a hole. Chitons are usually heavily segmented, but I don't see that in this one.
SoLiD
Wed, 27th Feb 2008, 03:54 PM
It's a Chiton for sure. If you sharpen the picture you can see the segments. It looks exactly like the one I removed from my rocks 6 months ago. I had no idea at the time that they were aglae grazers. Remember just like Snails; Chitons come in all defferent shapes, colors, & sizes. -David


http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Chiton.jpg