Auger/Terebridae snail?

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Last night I was snooping around my reef and noticed a very small snail about the size of a grain of rice. It appears to be a Terebridae/Auger snail but I can't find any info about them appearing in reef tanks. Are they reef safe? Are there any more common snails that look similar? I will get pictures on this thread soon.
 
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Last night I was snooping around my reef and noticed a very small snail about the size of a grain of rice. It appears to be a Terebridae/Auger snail but I can't find any info about them appearing in reef tanks. Are they reef safe? Are there any more common snails that look similar? I will get pictures on this thread soon.
Wanted to come back to rule out cerith snails this one is too thin and pointy to be a cerith
 
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Here’s the pictures with an auger shell for comparison
 

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Sorry, I've been working through my notifications kind of haphazardly - you're trying to ID the little one, yes?

Can you get pics of the pinnacle/spire (the very tip) of the shell, the shell's opening, and the texture of the shell (if you can get a clear pic of the whole shell showing the texture clearly, that's ideal)?
 
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Sorry, I've been working through my notifications kind of haphazardly - you're trying to ID the little one, yes?

Can you get pics of the pinnacle/spire (the very tip) of the shell, the shell's opening, and the texture of the shell (if you can get a clear pic of the whole shell showing the texture clearly, that's ideal)?
I will try to get you those pictures but when was putting this bugger back in he slipped down a hole in my rocks Probably should have quarantined him. Love u bro!
 

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It does like it's from the terebridae family. We have beaches where there the "sand" is made up of a large percentage of some of the small species. Makes great grit for the bottom of Budgerigar cages. :)
 

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I will try to get you those pictures but when was putting this bugger back in he slipped down a hole in my rocks Probably should have quarantined him. Love u bro!
For what it's worth, though, Augers (Terebrids) would be reef-safe/reef-safe with caution - they typically feed on worms.
 
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It does like it's from the terebridae family. We have beaches where there the "sand" is made up of a large percentage of some of the small species. Makes great grit for the bottom of Budgerigar cages. :)
Yeah I was thinking maybe it came in with the live sand I got. I still am not sure he is even alive. If I hold it up to a light I can faintly see a foot but he hasn't moved since I found him last night and If he did move it was hardly noticeable. Ty!
 
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For what it's worth, though, Augers (Terebrids) would be reef-safe/reef-safe with caution - they typically feed on worms.
Thats good I'm not a big fan of worms unless he hurts my feather duster then I'll have a problem with this guy.
 

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Thats good I'm not a big fan of worms unless he hurts my feather duster then I'll have a problem with this guy.
From the genera they confirmedly eat, I wouldn't expect it to go for a feather duster - they seem to mostly go for Spionids, Nereids, and Syllids.
 
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