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Clea spinosa[2] is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks, most of which are marine.[3][4]
| Clea spinosa | |
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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: | Clea |
| Species: | C. spinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Clea spinosa Temcharoen, 1971
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Distribution
editThis Southeast Asian species is currently known from a less than 50-km2 area along the Mekong River, between Khong Island in Laos and Bandan (Ban Dan Ky) in Cambodia.[5]
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.[4]
Reproduction
editClea spinosa 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- ^ Rintelen, T. (2011). "Clea spinosa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T188896A8659143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188896A8659143.en.
- ^ "Oldstyle id: 8c3ad9d4d30b0ecbc4e366885d5c5497". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Fraussen, K. (2013). "Clea – H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Clea spinosa" at the Encyclopedia of Life
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