Description
The assassin snail feeds on other snails, especially those without an operculum, such as bladder snails, disc snails or ramshorn snails. It is therefore excellently suited to putting an end to a snail population explosion without chemicals. When there are no other snails left in the tank, more should be introduced; according to some reports, the assassin snail also eats regular shrimp or fish food when no prey is available.
It often burrows into the substrate (this can last for hours or days) and lies in wait for its prey, which it then pursues and eats. With its extended siphon, a proboscis-like extension of the mantle edge, it detects scents and thus locates its prey.
The snail can be kept very successfully with shrimp.
The assassin snail has separate sexes; only one small yellow egg, enclosed in a milky substance, is laid per clutch. After approximately 4 weeks, an offspring hatches from it.