I Think My Snail Died :(

I have 2 Yellow-Horned Nerite Snails in my fish tank with 2 other goldfish. They just eat the algae and do their own thing. Then, today I found one of them upside down. I looked into it and show that there appeared to be nothing inside of the shell. I smelled the shell to check if it had died and there was no bad smell. It just smelled like the tank water. I am very worried but I am sure that it had died. Some background: A couple days prior it had been in one general spot on the wall and never moved much. Can Yellow-Horned Nerite Snails leave their shells? Does it need a bigger shell? Maybe one of the goldfish ate it? Please let me know what you think. I inserted some photos of the shell below. Thank You.

 

They cannot leave their shells. If it’s empty then it’s dead and probably got eaten. Sorry.

 

They cannot leave their shells. If it’s empty then it’s dead and probably got eaten. Sorry.

I wasn’t sure, so thanks for answering.

I wasn’t sure, so thanks for answering.

And, Thank you for the condolences.

 

For sure way to tell if your snail is dead is to smell it. If you smell something rotten or putrid, then it is dead. No smell usually means that the snail is alive.

 

I know goldfish eat snails if they can fit them in their mouths. But I don’t know if they alway eat them whole or if they can just suck out the meaty part, kind of like puffers can do.

 

okay thank you so much.

For sure way to tell if your snail is dead is to smell it. If you smell something rotten or putrid, then it is dead. No smell usually means that the snail is alive.

thank you so much.