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Clea wykoffi 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.[1][2][3]
| Clea wykoffi | |
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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. wykoffi
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| Binomial name | |
| Clea wykoffi Brandt, 1974
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Distribution
editThis Southeast Asian species occurs in the Tak Province in northern Thailand.[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 wykoffi 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: 31b0f4e9d2d99a459168a33bb5a197ba". 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 scalarina". Discover Life. National Biological Information Infrastructure. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
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