Brotia pagodula
| Brotia pagodula | |
|---|---|
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| Apertural view of a shell of Brotia pagodula from the Moei River | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Brotia |
| Species: | B. pagodula |
| Binomial name | |
| Brotia pagodula (Gould, 1847) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Melania pagodula Gould, 1847 | |
Brotia pagodula is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
Taxonomy
Brotia pagodula is the type species of the genus Brotia.[2]
There is evidence from analysis of mtDNA that this species may actually be two distinct species living in the same area.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in:
Human use
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[4] Common names for the species include the porcupine snail, the pagoda snail, and the horned armour snail.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Simonis J. & Köhler F. (2012). "Brotia pagodula". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 5 November 2012.
- ^ a b Köhler F., Holford, Do V. T. & Ho T. H. (2009). "Exploring a largely unknown fauna: On the diversity of pachychilid freshwater gastropods in Vietnam (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea)". Molluscan Research 29(3): 121-146. abstract.
- ^ Köhler, F.; Deein, G. (2010). "Hybridisation as potential source of incongruence in the morphological and mitochondrial diversity of a Thai freshwater gastropod (Pachychilidae, Brotia H. Adams, 1866)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 86 (2).
- ^ Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLOS One 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Brotia pagodula (A. Gould, 1847)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
External links
Media related to Brotia pagodula at Wikimedia Commons