Clea hidalgoi

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]

Clea hidalgoi
Shell of Clea hidalgoi (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Nassariidae
Genus:
Clea
Subgenus:
Anentome
Species:
C. hidalgoi
Binomial name
Clea hidalgoi
(Crosse, 1886)
Synonyms

Quadrasia hidalgoi Crosse, 1886 (original combination)

Distribution

Clea hidalgoi occurs on Balabac Island, the westernmost island of the Palawan province in the Philippines.[4]

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.[3]

Reproduction

Clea 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
  1. "Oldstyle id: 1199743068c4204b9a913df445008af9". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Fraussen, K. (2013). "Clea – H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  3. Monks, Neale (2009). "Assassin Snails and Sulawesi Elephant Snails: Keeping Clea and Tylomelania in the aquarium". Conscientious Aquarist Magazine. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  4. "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


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