Clea jullieni

Clea jullieni[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]

Clea jullieni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Clea
Subgenus:
Anentome
Species:
C. jullieni
Binomial name
Clea jullieni
(Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien, 1876)

Distribution

Clea jullieni occurs in a small stretch of the Mekong River between Bandan (Ban Dan Ky) and Sambor (Kaoh Sambor) 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 jullieni 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
  1. Köhler, F. & Rintelen, T. (2011). "Clea jullieni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189026A8679540. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189026A8679540.en.
  2. "Oldstyle id: 5eba3ab025f7419b49a4ebabf3750de5". 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. 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 jullieni" at the Encyclopedia of Life


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