Brotia herculea | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Brotia herculea including operculum. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pachychilidae |
Genus: | Brotia |
Species: | B. herculea |
Binomial name | |
Brotia herculea (Gould, 1846) | |
Synonyms [1] [2] [3] | |
Melania herculea Gould, 1846 Contents |
Brotia herculea, common name the giant tower cap snail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pachychilidae.
B. herculea has a taenioglossan radula. [4] Its shell is large and turreted. The presence of axial ribs is highly variable. [5]
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria. [6] It is considered low-risk for invasiveness. [7]