Anentome scalarina is a Southeast Asian species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Anentominae of the family Nassariidae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Anentome |
| Species: | A. scalarina
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| Anentome scalarina (Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien, 1876)
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Mekong River in the Khong District, Champasak Province in southern Laos, and in Mekong in the Ban Dan District and Ubon Ratchathani Province in eastern Thailand.[3]
Feeding habits
editLike all snails in the clade Neogastropoda, this species is carnivorous. It feeds on different types of worms and gastropods, often eating other, larger snails after burying themselves and ambushing their prey.[2]
Reproduction
editAnentome scalarina consists of defined male and female genders, and is not capable of gender change. It is unknown as to how to sex these animals. Both males and females seem to be the same size and shape. When a male and female mate, they lock together for 8–12 hours.
References
edit- ^ "Anentome scalarina". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ a b Monks, Neale (2009). "Assassin Snails and Sulawesi Elephant Snails: Keeping Clea and Tylomelania in the aquarium". Conscientious Aquarist Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
- ^ "Map of Clea scalarina". Discover Life. National Biological Information Infrastructure. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
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