what snail is this?

[shoelevy]

hi guys, was taking a very close look on the glass of my tank and found lots of pods

but besides the pods, i also found lots of small snails, off hand, at least 10

prob more!

they were mostly found on the glass

may i know what they are?

i've drawn a rough sketch of their shell which i think is very characteristic of it and would be the key for identification

i hope you guys can tell me what snail it is and if its a pest

thank you!

[shoelevy]

from the side, it would look sth like this

hope you guys don't mind my lousy drawing

[veliferium]

could be a nassarius,a picture will help further....

BTw,lousy drawing

[shoelevy]

could be a nassarius,a picture will help further....

BTw,lousy drawing

sorry but i can't get a picture of them

they're all very small because they're baby snails

each only about 2-3mm big...i don't have the equipment for such zoomed shots

[veliferium]

See if this helps.......

NAssarius

[shoelevy]

hey yeah! thank veliferium

it does look like that

but correct me if i'm wrong but doesn't nasarrius snails stick to and burrow in the sand?

why were most of them crawling on my glass?

[ervine]

my nasarrius also crawl up the glass... I used to have a family of baby snails as well but only 1 of them managed to grow up to adulthood...

[shoelevy]

my nasarrius also crawl up the glass... I used to have a family of baby snails as well but only 1 of them managed to grow up to adulthood...

what happened to the rest that didn't make it?

[seamonkee]

Sorry... I can't help but have a good laugh at this thread... bro shoe levy....

I needed the laugh badly....

[lightningstrike]

IMHO, more likely to be Euplica scripta (which r found off local waters) than nassarius sp. as nassarius r extremely difficult to raise in captivity.

[darrelf]

looks like Gary the snail, spongebob squarepants' pet

[shoelevy]

seamonkee...paiiseh la lousy drawing.

thanks lightning strike