Anentome spinosa

Anentome spinosa
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Anentome
Species:	A. spinosa
Binomial name
Anentome spinosa (Temcharoen, 1971)
Synonyms
Clea (Anentome) spinosa Temcharoen, 1971 Clea spinosa Temcharoen, 1971

Anentome spinosa is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Anentominae of the family Nassariidae.[2][3]

Distribution

This Southeast Asian species is currently known from a less than 50-km^2 area along the Mekong River, between Khong Island in Laos and Bandan (Ban Dan Ky) in Cambodia.[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

Anentome spinosa 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. Rintelen, T. (2011). "Clea spinosa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T188896A8659143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188896A8659143.en.
2. "Anentome spinosa". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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. "Clea spinosa". The Encyclopedia of Life.