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.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Brotia
Species:	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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