margarita snail

Hello everyone! I have a question on one of my Margarita snails there appears to be a hole with this funky plant looking think growing out of the shell. Is this something anyone can identify and does it hurt the snail/will it spread beyond the shell or to new snails? Appreciate any help!

I'm assuming that this is a bad sign. I've had a margarita snail for about a month, and I noticed that in the past few days it appears the coralline growth and patterning of its shell is flaking away to reveal a pearlescent white shell. I've only used pre-made Saltwater and distilled water...

Added some inverts yesterday. 5 Hermits, 5 margarita snails, and 5 nassarius snails. immediately upon acclimating and adding them to the tank, one of the nassarius snails slid over the largest margarita snail(go figure) and immediately attached itself. I wasn’t sure if this was normal so I let...

Every time I have seen Margarita snails (Margarites pupillus) for sale, they always turn out to be some unrelated species (My guess, Tegula snails). A true Margarita snail should (surprisingly) carry a pink - orange, smooth, silvery shell, not what most would normally expect from the average...

I have a biocube 32 LED with a current cuc of 7 astrea, 4 cerith, and 5-8 nassarius (I have no idea how many I have they breed all the time), and 3 hermits (1 dwarf red leg, 2 dwarf blue legs). I have a lot of red slime and dust algea still and he hair algea is slowly being eaten by the astreas...