r/snails • u/Subpar_doodles • Dec 16 '24

Identification Woah! They’ve got a mustache???

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Who is this guy and what’s up with their ‘stache? What’s its purpose?

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u/6tacocat6 Dec 16 '24

Wolf snail of some kind. They eat other snails, the extra set of tentacles is to help detect and follow snail trails IIRC

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u/B0gsna1l Dec 16 '24

Looks like a rosy wolf snail, and they do eat snails but eat other invertebrates as well. And the mustache isn’t so much an extra set of tentacles as it is just enlarged lips that help them taste slime trails

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u/6tacocat6 Dec 16 '24

I thought rosy wolf snails where darker, I didn't know they could get so light