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Old 03-25-2013, 04:50 AM
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Default ID Turbo snail hitch hiker(s)

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Have a large turbo snail in my main display. Noticed what looks like two little Astraea looking snails fixed to a white scallop shell on the big turbo shell. From underneath the scallop shell a tube mouth comes out with pincers and it has two typical snail antenna. When I tried to knock it off it would not easily come off so I left it. The best pics I could take are below. I quickly searched on google and saw a thread on another site explaining and showing something similar but no positive ID. Thoughts?

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/s...=239554&page=2










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Old 03-26-2013, 01:16 PM
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Old 03-26-2013, 04:58 PM
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can't really see, but I'm gonna guess Limpets
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Old 03-26-2013, 06:36 PM
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From what I could find on the web I was also wondering if it is a limpet. I am not that familiar with them but I couldnt see anything about a limpet having a long tube mouth like a snail with what looks like possible pincers on it? Do limpets have a mouth like this that will graze the glass?
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Old 03-26-2013, 08:29 PM
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This link from a UK forum seems to show the best match to what i have on my turbo. Seems to be a limpet as suggested. You may be interested to see the pics showing the black mouth tube with whiskers as they put it.

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http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/s...d.php?t=278389
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