Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Bellamyinae | Rank Species | |
Similar Cipangopaludina, Bellamya, Heterogen longispira, Margarya, Architaenioglossa | ||
Hime tanishi sinotaia quadrata histrica
Sinotaia quadrata is a species of a freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae.
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Subspecies
Subspecies within this species include:
Distribution
This species is found in>
This species is also known from Upper Pleistocene of China.
Habitat
The habitat of Sinotaia quadrata are rivers and lakes.
The pollution tolerance value is 6 (on scale 0–10; 0 is the best water quality, 10 is the worst water quality).
Feeding habits
Sinotaia quadrata feeds on epiphytic algae.
Sinotaia quadrata histrica snails predate also on eggs of bluegill Lepomis macrochirus.
Life cycle
Sinotaia quadrata has strong fecundity.
Human use
Sinotaia quadrata is common animal food used in aquaculture to feed fish black carp in China.
This species is also eaten by humans. In Isan, Thailand they are collected by hand or with a handnet from canals, swamps, ponds and flooded rice paddy fields during the rainy season. During the dry season, snails live under dried mud. Collectors use a spade to scrape the ground to find and catch them. Generally they are collected by both men and women. The snails are then cleaned and cooked in a curry. They are also parboiled in salted water and eat together with green papaya salad.