What Type of Snail is this?

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Months ago there were eggs scattered along the glass walls which I assumed to be snail eggs so I left them. A while later they hatched. It’s been 7 months or so by now and was wondering what kind of snail these are. There’s around 50 or so. Gotten a little bigger over the 7 months probably the size of a grain of rice. At the time I had astrea, trochus, and nassurus snails in the tank.

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It's not an astrea, and young nassarius snails typically remain in the sand bed - so I'm leaning towards trochus (but I'd need to see more of the shell to compare them to the baby trochus in my tank).
 

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Collonista, I believe.
Anything's possible. Baby trochus are entirely white on the bottom until they reach a certain point in size (at least visually using your eyes), so you can't just go off the slug portion. The shell is usually a dead giveaway.
 

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Anything's possible. Baby trochus are entirely white on the bottom until they reach a certain point in size (at least visually using your eyes), so you can't just go off the slug portion. The shell is usually a dead giveaway.
In the second pic you can see the shell almost looks like a baby turbo. Which from my understanding is a good indicator of Collonista. But ya better pics would be helpful.
 

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In the second pic you can see the shell almost looks like a baby turbo. Which from my understanding is a good indicator of Collonista. But ya better pics would be helpful.
Apparently the OP didn't have turbos; immaculate conception? :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 
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Hope these help.
 

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I spot one or two in my tank on occasion. I first noticed them back in January. Cute little guys.

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I love my snails. They come out at night. So, if you ever get a chance and you happen to be around the tank during lights out. Take a peak and you may be surprised how many there truly are.
 

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I love my snails. They come out at night. So, if you ever get a chance and you happen to be around the tank during lights out. Take a peak and you may be surprised how many there truly are.
I've been peaking quite a bit at night lately, but haven't noticed them. I'll keep looking though.

I do have a pair of them that are always attached. Same as the OP's pic above.
 
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