Tiny nassarius?

[gobirds4290]

Found a few of these tiny snails on my glass today. The shell is white, almost transparent and conical and there’s a pronounced probiscus which looks similar to a nassarius snail. Any idea what they are?

 

[slingfox]

I have a bunch of small snails which come out mostly at night to graze on the algae in the glass. They are also on the rockwork. The ones I have are commonly know as Dove Snails and they replicate in home reef tanks pretty easily:

 

[Privateye]

The shape of the shell, the presence of the proboscis, and the fact that they're on the glass makes me lean towards dove snails.

I'm relatively new to dove snails though, so I'd see what others say too. Mine are a different color but there are multiple species.

 

[gobirds4290]

Looking at other pictures, this seems to be correct. Safe to assume they’re not a threat to fish, corals, etc?

 

[slingfox]

Looking at other pictures, this seems to be correct. Safe to assume they’re not a threat to fish, corals, etc?

If they are dove snails they are completely reef safe. I bought 12 of them from a hobbiest and now six months later I have 100+ roaming around. They keep the algae growth on my back wall in check and I have basically zero algae on the rockwork now. Only time will tell if the population gets out of hand!

 

[Privateye]

They're supposed to be reef safe, but I haven't tried them with corals yet. They don't seem to have as much of an appetite as my turbo snails, but I can tell they're eating algae from the trails on the glass.