Cone Snail?

[Ron99]

Have seen this little guy now and then and finally managed to snag him. Looks like a cone shell to me but opinions would be appreciated. it's maybe a little less than 1 cm long.

[Coincidentally]

I have a couple of these I bought some Nassarius Snails and they came with, very neat looking....I never have had problems with mine.

[Ron99]

If they are cone shell snails you should get rid of them. Cone shell's are one of the most venomous animals on earth and can kill you. When bigger they can kill and eat small fish.

[Coincidentally]

I will have to hunt them out then. Looking up the cone snail and they do not look like the pictures on line but mine is identical to yours.

[Drock169]

Thats a nassarius snail, at least i think it is, there is often two types of nassarius snails that come in, ones with shells like that, and ones with shell more like a whelks. If you are really concerned, put a piece of food in front of it, I 'm pretty sure cone snails shoot out a barb to catch they're prey.

[Ron99]

I'm not really convinced it's a type of nassarius. Every nassarius I have seen have pointier shells at the rear and this one is fairly flat and rounded. Here's a good link to many different cone shell snail shells:

http://www.coneshell.net/Pages/gl_gallery01.htm