Sulcospira tonkiniana

Sulcospira tonkiniana
Apertural view of a shell of Sulcospira tonkiniana. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Sulcospira
Species:	S. tonkiniana
Binomial name
Sulcospira tonkiniana (Morlet, 1887) [2]
Synonyms [3] [1]
Melania aubryana Heude, 1888 Melania aubryana var. attenuata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania aubryana var. elongata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania aubryana var. obliterata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania aubryana var. paupera Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania aubryana var. polygonales Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania aubryana var. robusta Dauzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania beaumetzi Brot, 1887 Melania hamonvillei Brot, 1887 Melania verbecki var. tonkiniana Morlet, 1887 Adamietta hamonvillei (Brot, 1887) Adamietta tonkiniana (Morelet, 1886) Brotia hamonvillei Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2002

Sulcospira tonkiniana is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in Vietnam. ^{[4] [5]}

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria. ^[6]

References

1. Köhler, F. (2012). "Sulcospira tonkiniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T188679A1906738. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T188679A1906738.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Morlet L. (1887). "Liste de coquilles recueillies, au Tonkin, par M. Jourdy, chef d’escadron d’artillerie, et description d’espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 34 "1886": 257–295. pages 264–265.
3. MolluscaBase (2018). Sulcospira tonkiniana (Morlet, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766815 on 2018-09-15.
4. Köhler F. & Dames C. (2009). "Phylogeny and systematics of the Pachychilidae of mainland Southeast Asia – novel insights from morphology and mitochondrial DNA (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 679-699. doi : 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00541.x.
5. Köhler F., Holford M., 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.
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