Snail ID?

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Just found this cute little guy, doesn't look like any of the snails I currently have. I believe it may be a tiny one that was a hitch hiker months ago and survived. I was told they grow their own shells and the tiny ones that were riding on my turbos were way too small to ID when I got them. Any idea what this could be? It's about the size of my pinky nail.

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Are we looking at the little fellow sliding along the glass near the bottom of the photo?

Not easy to tell from the bottom of his foot, but could be a Stomatella. Their shells never really get much more impressive than a pinky-nail, but the snails themselves are terrific little cleaner-uppers.

~B.
 
Just found this cute little guy, doesn't look like any of the snails I currently have. I believe it may be a tiny one that was a hitch hiker months ago and survived. I was told they grow their own shells and the tiny ones that were riding on my turbos were way too small to ID when I got them. Any idea what this could be? It's about the size of my pinky nail.

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Don’t see anything in pic. Pic with less blue lights would help.
 
Are we looking at the little fellow sliding along the glass near the bottom of the photo?

Not easy to tell from the bottom of his foot, but could be a Stomatella. Their shells never really get much more impressive than a pinky-nail, but the snails themselves are terrific little cleaner-uppers.

~B.
The one on the glass, sorry it's a bad photo. My phone hates blue light. The other ones are turbos, margarita, and bumble bees so this shell I've not seen before. It may have been a hitchhiker but the last time I added anything was 3 zoas and dipped them first, nothing fell off when I did.
 
Here's an adjusted pic. The shell is pointy so I don't think it's a turbo snail. After I took the pic it moved somewhere that I can't see it. I don't have any other snails that look like it.
 

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Could be a fighting conch but shell looks like nassaurius.
I have 2 of those in my tank but they are much bigger. Do conchs climb on the glass? The other 2 just bury into the sand. I guess I should wait and see if it gets bigger and try to get a better picture when I see it again
 
They do. Could also be a whelk which you don’t want. Clearer pic with less blue light would help.
 

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