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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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Clea
Species:
C. spinosa
Binomial name
Clea spinosa
Temcharoen, 1971

Distribution

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This 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

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Like 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

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Clea 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Oldstyle id: 8c3ad9d4d30b0ecbc4e366885d5c5497". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
  3. ^ Bouchet, P.; Fraussen, K. (2013). "Clea – H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Clea spinosa" at the Encyclopedia of Life