mayphly Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 I think it's a trumpet snail but not sure. I don't have any other snails that look like this. Anyone know what kind it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Has the cone shell of a trumpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 maybe it's just a different color trumpet. I've never seen one this dark in my tanks before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 There's different types of trumpets. Some have the brown markings on beige shell, some are plain beige, some are dark brown, etc. I think MTS may just be a catch all name. (?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShrimpP Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 From the size of it and how it looks to be burrowing, I would say it's probably a trumpet. I have seen a wide variety of different looking trumpets. It seems the different shelled trumpets are different species of the Melanoides genus (just consider that genus as trumpets). Looking it back up, it seems Melanoides tuberculata is the "common" MTS. My LFS however gets in the same one you have in the pic all the time, looks like they might be M. maculata. I guess there is a slight possibility it's a young rabbit snail (Tylomelania) as I've seen them with identical colored shells as well. But they get much larger. Looks like they have deeper engraving on their shells. Pretty sure they'd be easy to tell apart based on the body/flesh. Rabbit snails can burrow from what I have heard, but don't do so nearly as much. I'm no expert on snails though! mayphly and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp Life Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Yup its a trumpet snail. Its the dark brown variety. I have them too... I think they are called BLACK MTS. They are pretty rare! Soothing Shrimp and mayphly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayphly Posted April 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2016 Well.. Good to know. For a minute I thought it could be a Tylo zemis mini which look similar. Thanks for the info! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 i have a few of them, I got them from native plants I collected. probably came in on plants or something. they can get big in the wild, my darters ate most of my big ones so I don't know how big they get in tanks. still really cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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