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Posted: October 03 2004 at 3:33pm |
I noticed this very fleshy invert in my tank this morning just before the lights came on. I reached in and picked it up. It immediately split into two pieces  . The fleshy part didn't appear to have any eyes/mouth/tenticles... anything but muscle. Was it just a "sacrificial tail" similar to a lizard? As you can see the invert has an external shell shaped very similar to a lima bean (abalone?).
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 3:41pm |
I have some that look like that, too. Some have black shells and bodies, and others have a coppery colored shell and light bodies. Wish I could tell you what they are.
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 3:55pm |
I am a Stomatella Varia.
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Sean Spargur
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 4:25pm |
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Thanks Sean. I think you ID'd him. So... is it normal for them to lose that fleshy apendage when disturbed like that?
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 4:31pm |
Losing their tail is a new one on me. Maybe you have one of those marine lizardy thingarporaies. 
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 4:33pm |
I think you killed him.
Just my opinion, though. Not that you meant to kill 'im.
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 5:49pm |
I think that you killed him too. I've never seen one detach from their shell. 
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 6:43pm |
Renee - I have a feeling he grabbed it with those tweezers.
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Posted: October 03 2004 at 9:45pm |
Are you saying I have a heavy hand?
Honestly, it came apart on it's own. Almost like it was two separate critters. If that killed it, I'm not sure how they would survive in the wilds.
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Posted: October 04 2004 at 4:33am |
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Hmmm...
Just curious, what did you do with it after the photo?
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Posted: October 04 2004 at 7:10am |
I put him back into the tank. Actually I put him into the refugium. He acted none the less for wear. He immediately attached to a rock and started crusing. I threw away the part on the right. It wiggled (like a lizards tail  ) for about 5 minutes, but then hardened up and stopped so it went into the garbage.
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Posted: October 04 2004 at 7:39am |
 jfinch wrote:
I put him back into the tank. Actually I put him into the refugium. He acted none the less for wear. He immediately attached to a rock and started crusing. I threw away the part on the right. It wiggled (like a lizards tail ) for about 5 minutes, but then hardened up and stopped so it went into the garbage. |
Very interesting! That's a new one on me. I have a ton of these in my refugium and I've never seen them do that. Maybe it was 2 separate creatures? Time for me to do some more reading on them! 
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Posted: October 04 2004 at 6:01pm |
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Posted: October 04 2004 at 6:13pm |
I saw three more last night. If they come out again tonight I'll pull another off the rocks and look closer... wish me luck
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Posted: October 04 2004 at 6:53pm |
They are awesome detrivores. I would say they are my favorite snail. When you pick them up out of the tank they will crawl across your hand. Pretty cool dudes.
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Posted: October 05 2004 at 1:09pm |
John,
I think that I got a couple from you in the sand that you gave me. I saw one a couple of nights ago. "what the he!! is that, I know that I haven't bought any of those" they look cool though.
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Posted: October 05 2004 at 1:23pm |
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Posted: October 05 2004 at 10:45pm |
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My wrasses love it when I pick up a Stomatella. That fleshy "tail" serves exactly the function a lizard tail does when they "automize" theiir tail. The predator is distracted, fed and the prey runs away to (grow another "tail") live another day.
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Posted: October 06 2004 at 7:23am |
Richard... so I'm not crazy? Wooh hooh!!! I was beginning to wonder
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Posted: October 06 2004 at 11:44am |
Don't judge so quickly Jon
We have all been talking about a snail for the past 3 days
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and then put both parts in a cup of water or back in the tank to see what happens: 
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