Please ID: tiny, fast, looks like miniature olive snail

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Dismantled a 20” Idaho Grape montipora and found these hiding deep inside colony base.
All the same sized 1/4”.
I’m going to assume their good. Couldn’t find photo here or internet.
Thank you.
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Dismantled a 20” Idaho Grape montipora and found these hiding deep inside colony base.
All the same sized 1/4”.
I’m going to assume their good. Couldn’t find photo here or internet.
Thank you.
601FE894-83D8-40A1-AA5C-16E030DBFDA8.jpeg
925314EC-72B0-4FDE-9A4F-A4E1B79EFB43.jpeg
They move quickly under water.
 
That is indeed a type of olive snail, species level identification would be too difficult though.
 
The olive snails are all carnivorous sand-burrowers. They feed mostly on bivalves and carrion and are known as some of the fastest burrowers among snails.
 
Could you please not handle this snail with your bare hands until a proper ID is made, olive snails and cone snails (deadly venom) are too similar. If possible add more pics to the thread. And don’t touch the snail.
 

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