Sulcospira tonkiniana

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

Sulcospira tonkiniana
Apertural view of a shell of Sulcospira tonkiniana. 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:
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

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. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T188679A1906738. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T188679A1906738.en. Downloaded on 15 September 2018.
  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 ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130


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