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Clea (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Buccinidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Buccinoidea

Scientific name
  
Clea

Higher classification
  
Buccinidae

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Similar
  
Clea helena, Gastropods, Buccinidae, Molluscs, Red‑rimmed melania

Clea is a genus of freshwater snails with opercula, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks, a large family, almost all of the rest of which are marine.

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Species

Species within the genus Clea include:

  • Clea annesleyi Benson, 1861
  • Clea bangueyensis Smith, 1895
  • Clea bizonata (Deshayes, 1876)
  • Clea bockii Brot, 1881
  • Clea bocourti (Brot, 1876)
  • Clea broti Deshayes, 1876
  • Clea cambojiensis (Reeve, 1861)
  • Clea funesta H. Adams, 1862
  • Clea fusca (H. Adams, 1862)
  • Clea helena (Meder in Philippi, 1847)
  • Clea hidalgoi (Crosse, 1886)
  • Clea jullieni (Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien, 1876)
  • Clea nigricans A. Adams, 1855
  • Clea paviei Morlet, 1866
  • Clea scalarina (Deshayes in Deshayes & Jullien, 1876)
  • Clea spinosa Temcharoen, 1971
  • Clea wykoffi Brandt, 1974

    • Distribution

    This genus occurs in Asia and Africa.

    Feeding habits

    Like all snails in the clade Neogastropoda, snails in this genus are carnivorous.

    References

    Clea (gastropod) Wikipedia
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