Small shells on my newly bought pincushion urchin are live snails...?

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I bought a pin cushion sea urchin today . It had some shells on its back but when I got home I saw they were live snails. I'm not sure if I should add the snails to my tank or not. I cannot identify them. Any idea what this is? I have 50 gal reef tank w inverts and a few fish.

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Anyone know what this is? I have a bunch of stomatella Snails but this looks nothing like the?
 

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Another picture of this critter.. what is it?
 

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