Clea hidalgoi[1] is a Southeast Asian species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, most of which are marine.[2][3]
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| Shell of Clea hidalgoi (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Clea |
| Species: | C. hidalgoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Clea hidalgoi (Crosse, 1886)
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| Synonyms | |
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Quadrasia hidalgoi Crosse, 1886 (original combination) | |
Distribution
editClea hidalgoi occurs on Balabac Island, the westernmost island of the Palawan province in the Philippines.[4]
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.[3]
Reproduction
editClea hidalgoi 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- ^ "Oldstyle id: 1199743068c4204b9a913df445008af9". 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.
- ^ "Map of Clea hidalgoi". Discover Life. National Biological Information Infrastructure. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
- Houbrick R.S. (1986) Transfer of Quadrasia from the Planaxidae to the Buccinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99(2): 359-362
External links
edit- Smith E.A. (1895) Observations on the genus Clea, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 1: 251-253
- Strong E.E., Galindo L.A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2017). Quid est Clea helena? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae). PeerJ. 5: e3638.
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