White spots on glass, what are they?

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I'm not sure if these are tiny snails or something else.

looks like a tiny muscle under a shell, it scrapes off and leaves a white ring where the animal was.

This was wild live rock so im actually not sure of what it is and I've never seen it before.

More are popping up.

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I'm not sure if these are tiny snails or something else.

looks like a tiny muscle under a shell, it scrapes off and leaves a white ring where the animal was.

This was wild live rock so im actually not sure of what it is and I've never seen it before.

More are popping up.

20220417_185143.jpg 20220417_185120.jpg
Looks like snail eggs to me, what type of snails do you have?
 

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Looks like nerite snail eggs
 

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