Brotia pagodula

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Brotia pagodula
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Apertural view of a shell of Brotia pagodula from the Moei River
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Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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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

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Distribution map of Brotia pagodula.

This species occurs in:

Apertural view of another shell of Brotia pagodula Brotia pagodula shell 2.png
Apertural view of another shell of Brotia pagodula

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Brotia pagodula (A. Gould, 1847)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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