"Tristan" wrote in message ...
In the gulf of mexico in the pan handle you can literaly gather up
handfulls of ceriths......LFS here get $3.98 each for them.....I often
bring back a bunch every time we collect water or go to the coast

I would like to see a picture of them - do you maybe have one to share ?

My biggest issue with ceriths is that the typical hermits I keep loves
to kill em for new houses, even though I may have a bunch of suitable
shells in the tank,m they seem to prefer a fresh new house over a
discarded shell.......

Maybe snails just got eaten when already weak or dieing ?