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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pachychilidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Scientific name
  
Brotia

Higher classification
  
Pachychilidae

Brotia Brotia hoabinhensis Australian Museum

Similar
  
Brotia pagodula, Gastropods, Tylomelania, Tarebia granifera, Pachychilidae

Brotia armata


Brotia is a genus of Southeast Asian freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family Pachychilidae.

Contents

The generic name Brotia is apparently in honor of a Swiss malacologist Auguste Louis Brot (1821-1896).

Brotia herculea


Distribution

Brotia Brotia pagodula gastropods

Species of Brotia occur in freshwater habitats of Southeast Asia, ranging from Northern India in the west through to Sumatra in the east. This range includes India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China (1 species), Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra and Borneo only).

Biology

Brotia Brotia herculea alias Giant Screwdriversnail Hippocampus Bildarchiv

Species are found predominantly in fast flowing, well oxygenated rivers, occasionally also in lakes. They are gonochoristic, and viviparous, retaining developing eggs and youngs in special brood pouch.

Species

Species within the genus Brotia include:

Synonyms:

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  • Brotia asperata (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Jagora asperata (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Brotia baccata (Gould, 1847): synonym of Brotia henriettae (Gray, 1834)
  • Brotia delavayana Heude, 1888 : synonym of Sulcospira delavayana (Heude, 1888)
  • † Brotia escheri aquitanica (Noulet, 1846): synonym of † Tinnyea aquitanica (Noulet, 1846)
  • † Brotia escheri auingeri (Handmann, 1882): synonym of † Tinnyea lauraea (Matheron, 1842)
  • Brotia hainanensis (Brot, 1872): synonym of Sulcospira hainanensis (Brot, 1874)
  • Brotia hamonvillei : synonym of Sulcospira tonkiniana (Morelet, 1886)
  • Brotia infracostata (Mousson, 1848): synonym of Sulcospira infracostata (Mousson, 1848)
  • Brotia proteus (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908): synonym of Sulcospira dakrongensis Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009
  • Brotia swinhoei (H. Adams, 1870): synonym of Sulcospira swinhoei (H. Adams, 1870)
  • Brotia testudinaria (von dem Busch, 1842): synonym of Sulcospira testudinaria (von dem Busch, 1842)
  • Brotia tourannensis: synonym of Sulcospira tourannensis (Souleyet, 1852)
  • Brotia variabilis (Benson, 1836): synonym of Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833)

    • Variability of shells of Brotia (images are in the same ratio):

    Brotia GarneleOnline

    References

    Brotia Wikipedia
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