White circular slug thing ID please

engrishmofaka · 07-19-2007, 04:52 PM

Hi, I just noticed this white circular (but flat) slug thing crawling on my glass. At first I thought it was one of those weird flat snails that crawl around at night but it doesn't seem to have a shell at all. It is about 1/4" in diameter, is white, circular, flat with two mini maybe eye stalks on it. It looks like you can see it's nervous system or something in the middle of it as it's semitransparent. I don't know what it eats as I've had everything in my tank for about 7 months now and I'm guessing it's usually pretty hard to spot. I scooped it up into a glass and it's crawling around in circles. Too small to take a picture of anything but a round spot.

mps9506 · 07-19-2007, 05:07 PM

My intial guess would be a stomatella snail based off the description. I can't think of anything else right off hand. Sure there is no way to get a picture?

engrishmofaka · 07-19-2007, 05:18 PM

every picture comes out as a blurry white circle, I can guarantee that it does not have a shell, so I'm gonna rule out stomatella. It doesn't really have any real appendages, feelers anything either, just a flat white disc with two little bumps on the top that I'm assuming are it's eyes

mps9506 · 07-19-2007, 05:31 PM

i would check it against some of these ID sites since we don't have apicture to compare it to:
Indo Pacific Hitch Hikers
Reefs.org: Where Reefkeeping Begins on the Internet - Hitchhiker FAQ

07-19-2007, 04:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
engrishmofaka Tunicate Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 View Gallery Karma Komment	White circular slug thing ID please Hi, I just noticed this white circular (but flat) slug thing crawling on my glass. At first I thought it was one of those weird flat snails that crawl around at night but it doesn't seem to have a shell at all. It is about 1/4" in diameter, is white, circular, flat with two mini maybe eye stalks on it. It looks like you can see it's nervous system or something in the middle of it as it's semitransparent. I don't know what it eats as I've had everything in my tank for about 7 months now and I'm guessing it's usually pretty hard to spot. I scooped it up into a glass and it's crawling around in circles. Too small to take a picture of anything but a round spot.

07-19-2007, 05:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
mps9506 Totally stoked dude Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 7,518 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: White circular slug thing ID please My intial guess would be a stomatella snail based off the description. I can't think of anything else right off hand. Sure there is no way to get a picture? __________________ Mike "The Bandwith Bandit" Help Build Reefpedia Premium Membership Available! Support Reef Sanctuary Sponsors

07-19-2007, 05:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
engrishmofaka Tunicate Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: White circular slug thing ID please every picture comes out as a blurry white circle, I can guarantee that it does not have a shell, so I'm gonna rule out stomatella. It doesn't really have any real appendages, feelers anything either, just a flat white disc with two little bumps on the top that I'm assuming are it's eyes

07-19-2007, 05:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
mps9506 Totally stoked dude Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 7,518 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: White circular slug thing ID please i would check it against some of these ID sites since we don't have apicture to compare it to: Indo Pacific Hitch Hikers Reefs.org: Where Reefkeeping Begins on the Internet - Hitchhiker FAQ __________________ Mike "The Bandwith Bandit" Help Build Reefpedia Premium Membership Available! Support Reef Sanctuary Sponsors

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