Brotia herculea

Brotia herculea
Apertural view of a shell of Brotia herculea including operculum. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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 Melanoides herculea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 Melania balteata Reeve, 1860 Melania gloriosa Anthony, 1865 Melania peguensis Hanley & Theobald, 1876 Melania reevei Brot, 1862 Melania reevei var. imbricata Hanley & Theobald, 1876 Melania reevei var. lanceolata Nevill, 1884 Melania reevei var. soliduscula Nevill, 1884 Melania tourannensis var. beddomeana Nevill, 1885 Melania tourannensis var. compacta Nevill, 1885

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.

Description

B. herculea has a taenioglossan radula. ^[4] Its shell is large and turreted. The presence of axial ribs is highly variable. ^[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in Myanmar and Thailand. ^[2]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria. ^[6] It is considered low-risk for invasiveness. ^[7]

References

1. Köhler, F.; Simonis, J. (2012). "Brotia herculea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T184819A1754715. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184819A1754715.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia 48: 159-251.
3. MolluscaBase (2018). Brotia herculea (Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057844 on 2018-09-11
4. Scheel, Carolin; Gorb, Stanislav N.; Glaubrecht, Matthias; Krings, Wencke (2020-10-21). "Not just scratching the surface: distinct radular motion patterns in Mollusca". Biology Open. 9 (10): bio055699. doi: 10.1242/bio.055699 . ISSN   2046-6390. PMC   7595699 . PMID   32917764.
5. Köhler, Frank.; Köhler, Frank; Glaubrecht, Matthias (2006). "A systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia. 48: 159–251. ISSN   0076-2997.
6. 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 ONE11(8): e0161130. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
7. Patoka, Jiří; Kopecký, Oldřich; Vrabec, Vladimír; Kalous, Lukáš (2017). "Aquarium molluscs as a case study in risk assessment of incidental freshwater fauna" . Biological Invasions. 19 (7): 2039–2046. doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1412-6. ISSN   1387-3547. S2CID   254293059.