Clea broti
| Clea broti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| Genus: | Clea |
| Subgenus: | Anentome |
| Species: | C. broti |
| Binomial name | |
| Clea broti Deshayes, 1876 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Canidia bizonata Deshayes, 1876 | |
Clea broti[2] is a Southeast Asian 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]
Distribution
Clea broti occurs in the Mekong River in the Khong District, Champasak Province in southern Laos and in Kas Lognieu, Sambor, and Sandan in Cambodia.[5]
Feeding habits
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
Clea broti 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
- ↑ Richter, K. & Rintelen, T. (2011). "Clea broti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Clea broti". Catalogue of Life. ITIS. Species 2000.
- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Fraussen, K. (2013). "Clea – H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- 1 2 Monks, Neale (2009). "Assassin Snails and Sulawesi Elephant Snails: Keeping Clea and Tylomelania in the aquarium". Conscientious Aquarist Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
- ↑ Clea broti at the Encyclopedia of Life