Snail & shrimp ID needed - collected in Galveston (1 Viewer)

[Cut-N-Shoot]

I picked these up on the beach last night & would like to know what they are. The snail looks familiar, but I've never seen anything like the shrimp.

 

[frankgrem]

shrimp

Looks like a Callianassa shrimp (ghost shrimp)

 

[Ophiura]

It is an olive snail, perhaps Oliva sayana.

 

[Cut-N-Shoot]

Thanks for the id's. They are both living in my sump now.

 

[CBBSteve]

Hi, pinkneyss.
That's a beautiful olive snail, they are nocturnal predators of other mollusks, primarily bivalves. I'm sorry to tell you this, but I doubt you will be able to keep him alive, there's probably nothing in your sump or tank that it can eat. That's a shame too, they really are lovely animals.

Good luck,
Steve

 

[Cut-N-Shoot]

Yea, I read that. We go to Galveston every few weeks & can almost always find small clams in the sand. I have some in my tanks, but not in my sump. We're going back this weekend so I'll have to try to get a bunch to put in my sump. Hopefully I can keep enough in there for the snail to survive.

 

[Guest]

Sure thats a ghost shrimp? looks almost like a mantis shrimp

 

[toan]

i think it may be part of the ghost shrimp family

i've heard of fishermen using shrimp "pumps" to stick in the sand where they see small holes and pump these shrimp out to fish with it

i think this is where that bag and limit on these shrimp is "20"

 

[Guest]

Looks like a ghost shrimp to me as well. Here's a good photo ID page.

 

[CBBSteve]

Yea, I read that. We go to Galveston every few weeks & can almost always find small clams in the sand. I have some in my tanks, but not in my sump. We're going back this weekend so I'll have to try to get a bunch to put in my sump. Hopefully I can keep enough in there for the snail to survive.

Hi, pinkneyss. If you do go to the beach regularly, you just might be able to collect enough of those Florida coquina's (Donax variabilis) to sustain the olive.

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Steve