Brotia herculea

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

Brotia herculea
Apertural view of a shell of Brotia herculea including operculum. Scale bar is 10 mm.
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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

Distribution

This species occurs in Myanmar and Thailand.[2]

Human use

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

References

  1. Köhler, F. & Simonis, J. (2012). Brotia herculea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T184819A1754715. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184819A1754715.en. Downloaded on 29 November 2017.
  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. 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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