Calyptraea chinensis??

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No way, these hats were alive the whole time on my hermit crab, but all I need to know is, are those actually the hat snail things that are glued to rocks at the beach?
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they never moved, they were always on the crab, my tank is basically a warm coast design, so I really need things that I see at the beach like barnacles, crabs, algae, coralline and most importantly those hat snails
 

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No way, these hats were alive the whole time on my hermit crab, but all I need to know is, are those actually the hat snail things that are glued to rocks at the beach?
20240401_135618.jpg
they never moved, they were always on the crab, my tank is basically a warm coast design, so I really need things that I see at the beach like barnacles, crabs, algae, coralline and most importantly those hat snails
With the tube/mouth (called a proboscis) visible in the pic, that tells me this is probably a Hoof Snail (taxonomic family Hipponicidae) rather than a Slipper Limpet/Hat Snail/Cup-and-Saucer Snail (Calyptraeidae):
Yeah, looks like either a Slipper Limpet (genus Crepidula) or a Hoof Snail (taxonomic family Hipponicidae) - both are harmless; slipper snails are filter feeders, and hoof snails feed by extending a long proboscis (think like an elephant's trunk) to eat either their host snail's waste or any food it can reach from its host's back.
As a note, at least some Calyptraeids are mobile as juveniles, and will feed like regular snails by grazing - as late juveniles/adults, though, they're sessile filter-feeders.
 

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