Anentome jullieni

Anentome jullieni is a Southeast Asian species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Anentominae of the family Nassariidae.

Distribution

Anentome jullieni occurs in a small stretch of the Mekong River between Bandan and Sambor in Cambodia.

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.

Reproduction

Anentome 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.