Snails on clam and zoanthids?

Hiker4twenty

Reef enthusiast
I noticed these two types of snails crawling on the LR, clam and zoanthids. Do you think they're clam and coral predators? Here are the best pics I could get. You can see about 30+ on the clam and then one on the zoanthids and on the LR.

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The ones on the clam are cone shaped instead of round shaped like the colinista. I looked up pyramid snails and they look like what I have. Best way I can describe them is they are about 1-2mm in length and look like baby white cerith snails in shape.

Here's the same pic of the clam, but with the suspect pyramid snails circled so you can see them better.

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I'm almost 100% sure they are pyramid snails on the mantle of your clam.Picking them off or a yellow coris wrasse is the two most common remedies I've seen.
 
I'm thinking they are Pyramids too.I'd get a Yellow Coris in there ASAP and start picking em out by hand every time I passed the tank.
 
Guess I'll have to get myself yet another yellow fish. I got the yellow tang, foxface and now and yellow coris. If they control the snail then I'm cool with that. Thanks for the help!
 
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