Shellbeat

"Shellbeats are naturally shy and like to keep hidden away in their shells. When they are woken up by their neighbor's loud singing they tend to loosen up, come out of their shell, and play along as best they can with their aquatic drum set. Shellbeats have gotten pretty good at playing lately."

Description
The Shellbeat is a humanoid purple snail.

Song
The Shellbeat's contribution to an island's song is a collection of mid-to-high pitch percussion sounds. In addition to its drumset and cymbals, the Shellbeat also uses its own shell as a drum. It plays on the drumset using the sticks in its hand while playing its shell with its tail.

Breeding
The Shellbeat can be bred using monsters that combine to provide all the elements Air, Plant, Earth and Water.

The following pairs of 2-element monsters can be used to breed a Shellbeat:
 * Dandidoo and Fwog
 * Cybop and Oaktopus
 * Quibble and Shrubb

However the combination of a 3-element with 1-element monster has a higher rate of successfully producing a Shellbeat. Possible combinations:
 * Spunge and Noggin
 * Scups and Potbelly
 * Reedling and Toe Jammer
 * Pummel and Tweedle

Earning Rate
Earning rate is in coins per minute.

Maximum Income
Each monster has a limit to how much income it can hold at a time.

Feeding Monsters
Each monster needs to be fed four times before it reaches the next level. Increasing the monster's level increases the coins earned per minute. The food per level is the same for all four element monsters and can be found in this article.

Likes
Every monster has different things that they like. For every unique object that they like that's placed near the monster, the monster's happiness will increase by 25% (in other words, placing two of the same liked item near a monster will still only increase happiness by 25%).
 * Noggin
 * Puffle Tree
 * Yum Yum Tree
 * Dragon Tower

See the Likes page to view a complete list of all monsters' likes.

Strategy
Some items to take into consideration when designing your island by strategy are number of beds for the monster, rate of income per bed, max income per bed, and time for max income to be reached. The income below is for level 15:

Name Origin
might be a portmanteau of shell and beat, because of the monster's mollusk-like shell and the fact it plays drums during its active periods in-game.