Tylomelania snail parasite

Look at an odd creature I’ve removed from my Sulawesi Tylomelania sp. Yellow snail today.
There were two red ‘dots’ moving along snail body.

I took out the snail from a tank, kept it head-down and waited until it put out her body. Then I fast catch a parasite with a tweezers.
The second created started to move along snail body and it was harder to catch.

It’s red, has funny grabbers and in about 1.5mm in size. Look at the pictures.

Sulawesi tylo snail parasite is 
sitting

Sulawesi tylo snail parasite sitting

Sulawesi tylo snail parasite crawls

Sulawesi tylo snail parasite crawls

Sulawesi tylo snail parasite shows its grabers

Sulawesi tylo snail parasite shows its grabers

I keep them in a box with water. Look how they move :)

Please, help me with getting its name.

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