need id on snail or slug

[rubiconman]

I can't get a good picture of it, but it is a very simple looking creature that I just saw for the first time. It is about 3/4" long and kind of moves like a snail, however it has no common shell. It is solid black and has a smooth black shield on it's back that small soft spines(kind of like it's tentacles) that lift off of either side of the shield. It also looks to have a sucker on the bottom of it's head. Can anyone id this creature? Is it reef safe?

 

[Anonymous]

The description sounds like a Black Stomatella varia. I have never heard of a black one though.

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, there's black ones. I have a few of them.

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, there's black ones. I have a few of them.

Cool. I want some

 

[Anonymous]

Boy am I slow!!

Guy when this whole contest thing is over I'll send you some black, some pink shelled and a few gray racing striped stomatellas if you really want them! :lol:

 

[SnowManSnow]

i have hundreds of them! they periodically die off then repopulate the tank. They keep munchable things munched

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Darnit! Why? Why does everyone have stomatellas but me?

 

[Anonymous]

I have hundreds...maybe thousands but I don't have any Black ones. I'll hit you up for a trade in the Spring Knowse.

 

[Anonymous]

As Paul Jr. says, "Cool beans!" 8)

Hey sugar, if you put a couple in your sump or skimmer, you'll have hundreds in no time. Oh and no hermits really help.