(ID help) unknown snail?

[ugghhh]

a few weeks ago i noticed a new face promenading around the tank. he is tiny so i did my best to take clear photos. google image search was no help, it just kept telling me it was a sea slug which cant be since he has a shell. any idea what he is?? (praying he’s not invasive because i love him like a son)

 

[Tahoe61]

He is awesome!

Did you use LR, if so from where?
I am tempted to say Cowrie, or Cone.

 

[Privateye]

I think it's a type of cowrie, but I'm not great at cowrie ID. The flesh typically covers the shell on my money cowries too.

Some cowries can be fantastic algae eaters. Others feed on coral.

 

[ugghhh]

He is awesome!

Did you use LR, if so from where?
I am tempted to say Cowrie, or Cone.

thank you!
i’m unfamiliar what LR means

 

[ugghhh]

I think it's a type of cowrie, but I'm not great at cowrie ID. The flesh typically covers the shell on my money cowries too.

Some cowries can be fantastic algae eaters. Others feed on coral.

thank you for the reply!
oh no, hopefully it’s the former! D:
he typically hangs out on the glass, and the few times he’s on the rocks i don’t see him on any of the coral

 

[Tahoe61]

thank you!
i’m unfamiliar what LR means

Live rock.

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

a few weeks ago i noticed a new face promenading around the tank. he is tiny so i did my best to take clear photos. google image search was no help, it just kept telling me it was a sea slug which cant be since he has a shell. any idea what he is?? (praying he’s not invasive because i love him like a son)

I wish everyone took ID post photos as clear as this

 

[PolypPocket]

He is so cool looking!

 

[ugghhh]

Live rock.

Ohh! then yes i believe so
we had gotten some new coral and rocks recently and he showed up shortly after :)

 

[ugghhh]

I wish everyone took ID post photos as clear as this

ahaha thank you! ‍ even i was surprised how clear the second picture came out
i really wanted to see what he looked like

 

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Might be Primovula roseomaculata, or a false cowrie snail. I found a few photos that look similar and have the same colored stripe in the middle of the antennas.