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But it's flat, and other side is the consistency of a pearl, just found it weirdLook at the pattern, that is a snail shell.
Oh it is an operculum, that makes sense, I did see a hermit crab in a snail shell, coolSnail door
operculum

I wasn't worried, but I don't have any cerith snails lolThat's the ' pearl' as you call it from a dead snail, I think cerith snail, I have found a couple of these in my aquarium, nothing to worry about, deffenitly not a critter![]()
Yes, sorry it's the hatch/ of snails, it's a weird looking thing that's very hard to the touch, harder than the shell itself... It does look like a pearl given its colour and shape, especially when turned in the light, it's a great piece of a dead snail, especially when you have not seen one before, a delightful findI wasn't worried, but I don't have any cerith snails lol

Yeah the operculum, that's what I figured, but I had a much larger Mexican grazing snail who died and it didn't look anything like that so I was just double checkingYes, sorry it's the hatch/ of snails, it's a weird looking thing that's very hard to the touch, harder than the shell itself... It does look like a pearl given its colour and shape, especially when turned in the light, it's a great piece of a dead snail, especially when you have not seen one before, a delightful find![]()

