Snail ID

[Ebi Omer]

Name of this guy?

 

[Ebi Omer]

Pic

 

[RiaanP]

Conus.
Predator. Some of them eat small fish. Most others on worms.

 

[Ebi Omer]

Wow. Apparently they're venomous. And I was handling it with my hands..

 

[RiaanP]

venomous

Very...

They can paralyze a small fish within quarter of a second

 

[Ebi Omer]

I should get it out.. Do people keep them though?

 

[RiaanP]

I had one or two at times. Mostly in my DSB. Small types.

 

[butcherman]

Are these local?

 

[Ebi Omer]

I'm not sure. I got it from a fellow forum member..

 

[RiaanP]

Conus snails are a big family, and do occur all over the world. If this one is a local species, I do not know for sure. But it does look like a Conus tinianus

Maybe @Lord_Blackadder or @SteveZi can help

 

[Ebi Omer]

@Johan7927 I got this one from you. Any idea?