Hitchhiker on Fighting Conch

[Saltysparky]

Received a Fighting Conch from an online delivery today. I noticed what looks like a snail of some sort stuck to it. Any ideas? Can or should this be removed? Seems healthy and has been out and eating since it hit the sand. Thank you for any advice.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

My first thoughts would be a hoof snail or slipper limpet:

Yeah, looks like either a Slipper Limpet (genus Crepidula) or a Hoof Snail (taxonomic family Hipponicidae) - both are harmless; slipper snails are filter feeders, and hoof snails feed by extending a long proboscis (think like an elephant's trunk) to eat either their host snail's waste or any food it can reach from its host's back.

 

[Saltysparky]

Ok cool, thanks for the quick response. 2 for 1 I guess.