Brotia armata

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

Brotia armata
Apertural view of a shell of Brotia armata. Scale bar is 10 mm.

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Brotia
Species:
B. armata
Binomial name
Brotia armata
(Brandt, 1968)[2]
Synonyms[1][3]

Brotia morrisonii Brandt, 1974
Paracrostoma morrisoni Brandt, 1974
Paracrostoma pseudosulcospira ssp. armata Brandt, 1968

Distribution

This species occurs in Thailand.[1][3]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[4]

References
  1. Simonis, J. & Köhler, F. (2012). Brotia armata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T184897A1762843. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184897A1762843.en. Downloaded on 13 January 2018.
  2. Brandt R. A. M. (1968). "Descriptions of new non-marine mollusks from Asia". Archiv fir Molluskenkunde 98: 213-289.
  3. Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia 48: 159-251.
  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 ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130


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