Unidentified organism - ID please

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I just saw this unidentified organism on the glass of my tank.
Does anyone have any ideas of what it is?

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Do you have any other pics that show it opened up or in a different position ? I’ve never seen this before guessing it’s a type of sea slug of some sort
 

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Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Do you have any pics of it under whiter light, and can you give a description of it? (For example, does it have a shell? Is it hard or soft? Does it move/open and close/expand and contract?)

From the pics provided, I'm torn, because texturally it looks like it has a hard shell, but it also looks like a dying anemone to me.
 

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Very first second looking at the first pic I was trying to figure out what was wrong with the nassarius snail, the glass side of it looks similar but is clearly something else.
 
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Thanks for all the input. It's about 2 inches long, all soft and doesn't change much in shape or size. It does move a little bit but not much. I was wondering if it might be a dying anemone... I do have 4 bubble tips in my tank.
 

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Thanks for all the input. It's about 2 inches long, all soft and doesn't change much in shape or size. It does move a little bit but not much. I was wondering if it might be a dying anemone... I do have 4 bubble tips in my tank.
Never seen a dying nem do that. Always a first I guess.

Personally no idea, not a clue. Scoop and find out!
 

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I think dying anemone is the most plausible answer. I see a part at the bottom that looks like where the oral disc and tentacles would be.
 
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I will scoop it and keep it in a separate location and see what it does. Thanks for the help. I will let you all know what it turns out to be.
 

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Yeah, this is the closest I know:
 

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