Snail ID please, came with order

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Hey there, I bought and added 5 Nassarius, 5 Turbo, and 5 blue leg hermits.

Not sure how these got in here bc I count 5 turbo, 5 hermit(4 right now but I think 1 is molting), and the nassarius are under the sand and look totally different.

What are these tiny dudes, found 2 so far

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The tiny ones appear to be pyramid snails which are an enemy to clams. Pyramid snails are tiny little terrors who have the ability to reproduce very quickly and their strength comes in numbers. It doesn't take long for a bunch of these little parasitic snails to completely decimate a clam or other snails in the tank. There are thousands of different species of Pyramid snails and a positive ID is nearly impossible, but again . . . some of them only attack clams and some attack other snails or both
 
First and last photo are cerith snails? Unsure of what smaller one you see but from my knowledge the pyramids are white? These are black and pinky nail sized.
 

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