Cat’s Eye Turbo Snail – Turbo sp.

Cat’s Eye Turbo Snails (Turbo sp.) are more elaborately-colored cousins to the popular Mexican Turbo Snail. Cat’s Eye Turbos have contrasting light and dark striped or mottled patterns on their shells.

Turbo Snails (Turbo sp.) are some of the most common and popular snails for aquarium algae control. There are many different species found around the world in tropical and some temperate (cooler water) region. All have a similar appearance with rounded, generally smooth shells. Most are shades of tan, brown or gray but some species can be brighter orange, whitish, or almost black. Colorations can be mottled, striped or checkerboard-like. Turbo Snails have thick, shell-like operculums (the \