Hexix chorikelyfus

Hexix chorikelyfus
Creator	oofle
Information
Status	Extant
Zones	19
Roles	Base-Consumer
Classification
Genus	Hexix
Species	Hexix chorikelyfus
Evolution
Date	November 3rd, 2020
Ancestor	Hexix reducia
Descendants	Snowflake Hexug

Body is around 5 inches in diameter, the shell is around 0.6-1.3 inches in diameter and fully internalized.

As Hexix reducia came about, they would invariably repeat the cycle of shell reduction for greater fitness, leading up to Hexix chorikelyfus. Hexix chorikelyfus is mostly like its ancestor, feeding on M. ipsumpervenirous and sliding around the riverbed but now their shell stops growing earlier in development. Skin grows over the shell providing more surface area for oxygen diffusion. This lead to the organs being present mostly outside of its shell, mainly in the fleshy ‘hump’ that remains upon their back.

Like its ancestor, Hexix chorikelyfus is a hermaphrodite, able to self-fertilize and sexually reproduce. It attempts to lay its eggs where its shell would be but due to the reduction of the shell the eggs fall onto the riverbed, where they sit until they hatch.

Their shell is still in roughly the same position, just above where the legs are. They retain their claws that help them cling on to substrate. They body is turgid due to osmotic pressure causing them to be soft and squishy outside of the water.