Clea | |
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A live individual of Clea helena | |
A live individual of Clea helena | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: |
Clea A. Adams, 1855 |
Synonyms | |
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clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
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.
Species within the genus Clea include:
This genus occurs in Asia and Africa.
Like all snails in the clade Neogastropoda, snails in this genus are carnivorous.