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Bumblebee Snail
Engina mendicaria
Family: Buccinidae
📍 Indo-Pacific reef sand zones
Tiny, striking black and yellow banded snail. Buries in sand and hunts detritus and small worms — a useful sandbed cleaner. Larger specimens have been known to eat small sleeping fish, so use with caution.
Keeping this species
- pH
- 8.1–8.4
- diet
- carnivore/detritivore — worms, detritus
- maxSize
- 0.5 inches
- minTankSize
- 10 gallons
- temperature
- 72–82°F (22–28°C)
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Temperature
72–82°F
22–28°C
Natural Habitat Temperature
81°F — 82°F seasonal range · (Jan low, May high)