Hexix reducia
As Hexix petramiaculis began to populate everywhere on the river bottom of zone 19, there was a pressing thing: it had no predators ever in its history, this lead to a rather large amount of competition, however, the solution for some wasn’t pursuing a different niche, instead, it was reducing their shell, leading to Hexix reducia.
Hexix reducia has partially absorbed its shell into its body to reduce its needs for calcium, allowing them to grow faster than their ancestor while still competing for the seeds of Miniplortatus ipsumpervenirous, like their ancestor they grow to a diameter of 2-4 inches.
The main difference between Hexix reducia and its ancestor Hexix petramiaculis is the reduced shell (fro 2-4 inches in diameter to 1-2 inches), which is partially internalized, due to the way it is so internalized where it stops growing before the Hexix does, it is covered with a layer of skin.
Due to Hexix reducia’s reduced shell most of its organs are in its body cavity instead or around the shell, such as the respiratory system, which now sits partially outside of the shell. When laying eggs, the individual will attempt to put them where the lip of their shell should be, but lacking such an area, the eggs invariably fall off and onto the substrate, where they will sit and after a few weeks hatch into miniature versions of their parents.
Like their ancestor they are hermaphrodites, and can reproduce sexually or self-fertilize.
