Species photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist
Astrea/ Turbo (XL)
Lithopoma sp.
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From our species guide
Care at a glance
- Care levelEasy
- Reef safeYes
- TemperamentPeacefulHarmless grazer; often the victim of hermit crabs
- Temperature72–78 °F
- Salinity1.023–1.025 SG
- pH8.1–8.4
- Min tank20 gallons
- Favorite foods
- Film algae and diatoms
- Hair algae / cyanobacteria
- Nori or algae wafers
- Max size1.5 in (3.8 cm)
In plain words: The astrea snail is a small snail with a shell shaped like a cone or a little pyramid. Some have bumps around the edge, so from above the shell looks a bit like a star. Most are olive green or white.
