What are these bivalves that have exploded all over my tank

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A few days ago I started noticing tiny white specks on my glass. They're bright white - and definitely not copepods/amphipods. Under the microscope they appear to be bivalves - they have two shells with segmented appendages coming out that they use to move around. At first I assumed they were baby trochus snails, but these don't look like any of the trochus life stages I see online.

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Will definitely need more reefers to take a look at this. Could it be a ostracod (seed shrimp)?
 

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^^^ Agree Ostracod.
 
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That looks right! Well there's a species I hadn't exprienced before. Thanks!
 

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