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OK I have this thing that was on my turbo snail but now it has fallen off. It was flipped over when I first saw it. It's belly looked like a snails and it look like it had antennes or something moving under. It is shaped like a clam without the bottom part.

if you look on the left side of it you can see it before when it was attached. I'll get some more pictures of tonight when I get home.
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• May 6, 2008

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Looks like a limpet.

 

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• May 6, 2008

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From what i can make out, yes, i would agree with Sploke..a limpet...

 

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I hope the pics clear it up, but I would have said stomatella.

 

LiveOutLoud

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OK here's the best pictures I could get. So my main question is are they good or bad?

 

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looks like a limpet to me but im no expert. its pretty much a snail with a flat shell

 

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ok so the pics I've looked at on the internet make it lookk like it's definetly a limpet. So now the big question. Good or bad? Should I keep it?

 

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• May 8, 2008

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Whether its safe is another question, do read here and folow the links to check your limpet out. It does not look like a keyhole limpet, which are bad, from what i can make out from your pictures...

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-06/rs/index.php

 

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Well it doesn't look like a key hole or a slit or like any of the Lucapina or like any of the others shown. THey don't have mantles ( or they're just not showing them?) They don't have holes on top either.