What just appeared in my tank?

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I’ve never seen this before. It looks like a snail with eyes, but I don’t see a shell. Currently I have two tiger conches and some nassarius snails. This doesn’t look like either. 6A011D38-EE14-4B77-9238-607ACAFE6A40.jpeg
 
I found an empty conch shell. This thing is alive and is eating. Why would he be out of his shell? Can he even survive like this?
 
Does it have a hard shell? Could be a chiton if it is.
 
Confirmed it is NOT my tiger conch. Both on the move now. Hard to get a good photo.
Does it have a hard shell? Could be a chiton if it is.
it doesn’t appear to have a hard shell.
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Beautiful creature. Hope it's a good guy!
 
Hard to tell with blue lights, but it might be a small stomatella (as others have said) or a young abalone. If it was rounder I'd say it was a cowrie with it's mantle extended.
 

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