a visitor in the tank???

Yes, that looks like a Neriti (spelling) snail, they originate from
Africa...apparently they are plant friendly and EXTREMLY prolific, the
rabbits of the snail community.
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"Donegal Paul" wrote in message
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"Mean_Chlorine" said to "Donegal Paul"
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Anyone know what this is at all?

Yes, it's a bladder-snail, aka egg-snail, of the genus Physa. They are
often incorrectly identified as pond snails (a name more commonly used
of various species of Lymnaea).

SNIP

Excellent! thanks for that, well of course ive put the plant that it
probably came in on into my new 25g tank so if there were eggs then i
guess
ill probably be seeing some in the new tank at some point, still, im
planning on keeping puffers in there so that'll take care of them
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Thusly "Happy'Cam'per" Spake Unto All:

Yes, that looks like a Neriti (spelling) snail

Nerites / Neritids have very thick shells with a short whorl and very
wide opening, and most look much like this european species:
http://mikes-machine.mine.nu/Theodoxus_fluviatilis.htm

They're indeed plant-friendly algae-eaters and can be great additions
to aquaria with not too soft water, but many of the species require
brackish or even salt water to survive.