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I know this is gona sound wierd I can’t even believe it but tonight
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noticed a crater in my sandbed that was not there earlier in the center found this brown looking egg/clamshell I pulled it out of the tank and could see it was split like a clamshell I opened it and inside was what looked to be a small bristle worm I poked it with a pen tip and in the dark the worm like things lit up green line glow in the dark green lightning bug stuff where it was poked I couldn’t believe it and showed my gf and she confirmed it glowed when poked what is this? Inside shell thing:
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I know the pics aren’t great best I can do at the moment
 

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Hard to say, can be bivalve or chiton. Do you have a photo of when it was attached to the rock?
 
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Hard to say, can be bivalve or chiton. Do you have a photo of when it was attached to the rock?
No I don’t I wasn’t concerned when I first seen it just figured it was a common bristle worm hiding but when I poked it I couldn’t believe the glowing
 

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The shell is a pen shell. A small one and I’m sure the worm was using it as a hideout. Those shells are a very common find in live rock holes. Almost alway dead too.
 

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