What kind of snail is this?

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I found a tube on an old snail shell. I thought it was a slug but it has a hard shell, the hard disk and the mouth moves like a snail's.

The next obvious question is: good or bad?

Thank you for the help

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I found a tube on an old snail shell. I thought it was a slug but it has a hard shell, the hard disk and the mouth moves like a snail's.

The next obvious question is: good or bad?

Thank you for the help

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Either feather duster worm, or a vermedit snail.
 

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Yep. Vermatid. You can see the mucous "fishing line" they extrude to pick up detritus and plankton to feed on. There is anecdotal evidence these lines can irritate corals.
 

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