Does anyone know what these could be?

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These tiny things show up on my glass at night. They almost look flat like flatworms but don’t seem to be all soft and squishy, and move faster - more like pods. Sorry for the bad photo quality it’s really hard to get a pic of them.
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they look kinda like tiny chitons but i feel like they move a lot differently and faster. and they’re like almost transparent. (translucent?)
Huh that is strange
 
Chitons or limpets would be my first thought from the pics, but I don't know that they would move fast like pods.

The flatworm-like description leaves me wondering if they're isopods of some variety - some families with flat(ish) and round specimens include Serolidae, Plakarthriidae, and Sphaeromatidae.

If not, then I'd probably need better pics to guess.
 
Do you see any mouthparts on them? like if u look closely, like this?
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