I can't positively identify this snail.

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I have a snail that I believe is some form of hairy triton snail, though it is small it has the appearance and temperament of larger hairy Triton snails I saw pics of.

Currently it is about 1inch, or comparitive in size to a margaritta snail.
It is hairy. (hard to tell from pics, but it has bristles like a emerald crab legs)
It eats other snails.
It is extremely nocturnal, doesn't even like blues.
Has a snout like a nass snail... but longer. Also it hunts nass snails, and especially bumblebee snails as they too slow to escape. I watched it run one down, grab it flip it over and eat it. I had a dozen of those snails...after it ate the first one the others got captured and killed within a few days. Apparently it decided it liked them.
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Agreed. Definitely a whelk.
 
Read up on the whelk. Apparently it eats anything it can catch, and only meat. Might need to reconsider letting it stay in my tank. Thanks guys.
 

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