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Any ideas as to what this is?

Tanks was started with dry rock and sand.

I do have astrea snails and a frag of zoanthids that it could have hitchhiked in on.
Haven’t added anything in 2 months, first time seeing it.

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If it has a row of small holes anywhere on the shell, I'd guess abalone of some species too. Both Stomatella and Abalone are good. I'll do a little more looking, but I'm not aware of any other snails with similar features, so these seem like a good guess for now.
 

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Any ideas as to what this is?

Tanks was started with dry rock and sand.

I do have astrea snails and a frag of zoanthids that it could have hitchhiked in on.
Haven’t added anything in 2 months, first time seeing it.

5A209BBB-C925-402A-B080-AAA1C469E741.jpeg
I have this same little guy in my tank, I first though of a nudibranch, but no, just a stomatella snail!
 

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