Strange creatures these snails. Have done a brilliant job of clearing my tank of pest snails but keep finding them dead. Assume they've done for themselves by wiping out their prey. The survivors burrow all the time and I occasionally get little pest snail blooms until they wake up and gorge.
Strangest occurence with them so far is a large (almost as big as them) pond snail that emerged in my tank and kept growing and growing. Couldn't understand why they hadn't taken it out until I noticed how quick it was. Fastest snail I've ever seen, faster than the assassins and they're fast, so appeared to be eluding them. Almost as fast as some of my fish. I assume it's a mutant that's evolved in my tank to outcompete it's predator. Have been meaning to pull it out myself.
This morning found it's shell sitting near the front of the tank. Well and truly done for. Lazy creatures, these assassins, but ultimately deadly.