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Stomatella Snail
Stomatella varia
Family: Trochidae
📍 Indo-Pacific reef rock
Fast-moving, flat-shelled snail that looks more like a slug. Reproduces readily in reef tanks, forming beneficial colonies that graze film algae and coralline. Fish generally ignore them; a great hitchhiker species.
Keeping this species
- pH
- 8.1–8.4
- diet
- herbivore — film algae, diatoms
- maxSize
- 1 inch
- minTankSize
- 5 gallons
- temperature
- 72–82°F (22–28°C)
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Temperature
72–82°F
22–28°C
Natural Habitat Temperature
79°F — 81°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Apr high)