Snail ID, possible Turbo reproduction?

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I've had two of these snails come in as hitchhikers as tiny specks over a year ago, now they are an inch wide and the tank is filled with tiny versions of them. I haven't added anything else in the past year that could've brought those new small ones in. The adults look like Turbo snails to me, but afaik those don't or rarely reproduce in reef tanks. What are they?

The picture of the offspring is bad since they are absolutely tiny.

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I've had two of these snails come in as hitchhikers as tiny specks over a year ago, now they are an inch wide and the tank is filled with tiny versions of them. I haven't added anything else in the past year that could've brought those new small ones in. The adults look like Turbo snails to me, but afaik those don't or rarely reproduce in reef tanks. What are they?

The picture of the offspring is bad since they are absolutely tiny.

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20261106_181133_830C4C02-13CB-4122-BBB9-E0C896C63326.png


20261106_181133_EDEF1F43-6D9E-4E57-90CD-0F9F80765FD4.png
looks like a turbo to me
 

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