Brotia armata
Apertural view of a shell of Brotia armata. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Brotia
Species:
B. armata
Binomial name
Brotia armata
(Brandt, 1968)[2]
Synonyms[1][3][4]
  • Brotia (Paracrostoma) pseudosulcospira armata Brandt, 1968
  • Brotia morrisonii Brandt, 1974
  • Paracrostoma morrisoni Brandt, 1974 (junior synonym)
  • Brotia pseudosulcospira armata Brandt, 1968 (original combination)
  • Paracrostoma paludiformis dubiosa Brandt, 1974
  • Paracrostoma pseudosulcospira ssp. armata Brandt, 1968

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

Distribution

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

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[5]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Simonis, J.; Köhler, F. (2012). "Brotia armata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T184897A1762843. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184897A1762843.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Brandt R. A. M. (1968). "Descriptions of new non-marine mollusks from Asia". Archiv fir Molluskenkunde 98: 213-289.
  3. 1 2 Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia 48: 159-251.
  4. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Brotia armata Brandt, 1968". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  5. ↑ 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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