Saltcorner
By Bob Goemans
By Bob Goemans
Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean
Natural Environment: Inhabits shallow reefs, often seen in turbid zones.
General Husbandry: Not collected for the home aquarium trade, as they show up inadvertently on live rock from various areas.
Harmless, and requires no feeding.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vermetidae
Genus: Vermetus
FYI: Live in worm-like tubes and do not move around like other snails.
Secrete a slime that is trailed out into the water in order to catch suspended matter.
