What type of snail is this?

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Can anyone help me identify what type of snail this is at the top of the picture, with the lighter shell? The fully brown lower and to its left is a hermit.

Two of these came in on with some live rock/Palys/Zoas I got.

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Can anyone help me identify what type of snail this is at the top of the picture, with the lighter shell? The fully brown lower and to its left is a hermit.

Two of these came in on with some live rock/Palys/Zoas I got.

Thank you

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Pic of snail is very distant
Need one closer- may be either a nassarius or a whelk. Nassarius is good, a whelk definitely not
 
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Does this help? It's approximately 1/2" long and sticks a "snout" out one end.
 

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Ok, I'll take a better look tonight. It appears Whelks have operculums, I have not noticed any on the 2 in my tank, but I may have missed it.
 

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