Snail species that feed on other snails

[vaguelyreeflike]

Having trouble finding definitive answers online other than bumblebee snails, what are some snails that will regularly feed on other snail species?

 

[Dburr1014]

Whelks

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

A ton of different snails will. From the two sites linked below, the following snails eat other snails (and possibly some other things too - if you have clams in your tank, adding a predatory snail may be a risky decision):

-Crown Conch (large and not a true conch)
-Lace Murex (pretty much all murex/muricid snails will eat other snails)
-Olive Snail
-Horse Conch (huge and not a true conch)
-Banded Tulip Snail
-Pear Whelk/Snail (seems to prefer bivalves, but would likely eat gastropods too)
-Lightning Whelk/Snail (seems to prefer bivalves, but would likely eat gastropods too)
-Half Moon Snail
-Tulip Snail
-Murex Snail
-Moon Snail

https://www.saltybottomreefcompany.com/snailshttps://www.aquaculturenurseryfarms.com/saltwater-snails/

 

[JoJosReef]

A ton of different snails will. From the two sites linked below, the following snails eat other snails (and possibly some other things too - if you have clams in your tank, adding a predatory snail may be a risky decision):

-Crown Conch (large and not a true conch)
-Lace Murex (pretty much all murex/muricid snails will eat other snails)
-Olive Snail
-Horse Conch (huge and not a true conch)
-Banded Tulip Snail
-Pear Whelk/Snail (seems to prefer bivalves, but would likely eat gastropods too)
-Lightning Whelk/Snail (seems to prefer bivalves, but would likely eat gastropods too)
-Half Moon Snail
-Tulip Snail
-Murex Snail
-Moon Snail

https://www.saltybottomreefcompany.com/snailshttps://www.aquaculturenurseryfarms.com/saltwater-snails/

Know anything about marginella snails? I've seen my marginella hovering around my ceriths occasionally. May have been already dead/dying, though.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Know anything about marginella snails? I've seen my marginella hovering around my ceriths occasionally. May have been already dead/dying, though.

Good catch - Marginella snails are noted as carnivores/predators (which makes sense given their taxonomic standing), but they (or at least the species of Marginella commonly found in the hobby) only seem to prey on particularly small snails from the anecdotes I’ve come across.

Also, for anyone hoping to get a snail predator for an attempt at Vermetid Snail control, keep in mind that predatory snails basically have two different hunting methods:
-Engulfing/Swallowing prey whole
(Example: Cone Snails)
-Drilling holes through shells before dissolving and sucking up prey
(Example: Whelks)

The hole drillers are the kind you would most likely want for Vermetid control attempts, as they would be able to punch through the tubing around the Vermetids.

(As a note, Marginellas are reportedly engulfers.)

 

[vaguelyreeflike]

A ton of different snails will. From the two sites linked below, the following snails eat other snails (and possibly some other things too - if you have clams in your tank, adding a predatory snail may be a risky decision):

-Crown Conch (large and not a true conch)
-Lace Murex (pretty much all murex/muricid snails will eat other snails)
-Olive Snail
-Horse Conch (huge and not a true conch)
-Banded Tulip Snail
-Pear Whelk/Snail (seems to prefer bivalves, but would likely eat gastropods too)
-Lightning Whelk/Snail (seems to prefer bivalves, but would likely eat gastropods too)
-Half Moon Snail
-Tulip Snail
-Murex Snail
-Moon Snail

https://www.saltybottomreefcompany.com/snailshttps://www.aquaculturenurseryfarms.com/saltwater-snails/

Thank you so much!