What's going on with my snail

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tiaxchick

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I bought a snail from the fish shop a few months ago to add to my clean up crew.. I never see it as only comes out at night but when I turned on the lights this morning it was out, it never had all these funny looking spikes on it's shell when I got it and I'm really concerned to what they are. Looks kinda mean looking now has completely changed in shell appearance.
I managed to get a pic but it's not very clear.
 
It's a Cowry. They extend their mantle and cover their shell with it. They actually build their shells from the outside.
 
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