Brotia

Brotia
Temporal range: Miocene - recent
Shell of Brotia pagodula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Brotia
H. Adams, 1866[1]
Synonyms

Antimelania P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892[2]

Brotia is a genus of Southeast Asian freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the in taxonomic family Pachychilidae.[3]

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Distribution

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),[4] Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra and Borneo only).

Biology

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:

  • Brotia annamita Köhler, Holford M., Do & Ho, 2009[5]
  • Brotia armata (Brandt, 1874)
  • Brotia assamensis (Nevill, 1885)
  • Brotia baccata (Gould, 1847)
  • Brotia binodosa (Blanford, 1903)
  • Brotia boenana (Brot, 1881)
  • Brotia borneensis (Schepman, 1896)
  • Brotia citrina (Brot, 1861)
  • Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833)
  • Brotia dautzenbergiana Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2006
  • Brotia episcopalis (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
  • Brotia godwini (Brot, 1875)
  • Brotia herculea (Gould, 1846)
  • Brotia hoabinhensis Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009[5]
  • Brotia indragirica (von Martens, 1900)
  • Brotia insolita (Brot, 1868)
  • Brotia iravadica (Blanford, 1869)
  • Brotia jullieni (Deshayes, 1874)
  • Brotia laodelectata Köhler, 2008
  • Brotia manningi Brandt, 1968
  • Brotia mariae Köhler, 2008
  • Brotia microsculpta Brandt, 1968
  • Brotia pagodula (Gould, 1847) - type species[5]
  • Brotia paludiformis (Solem, 1966)
  • Brotia peninsularis (Brandt, 1974)
  • Brotia persculpta (Ehrmann, 1922)
  • Brotia praetermissa Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2002
  • Brotia pseudoasperata Brandt, 1968
  • Brotia pseudosulcospira (Brandt, 1968)
  • Brotia siamensis (Brot, 1886)
  • Brotia solemiana (Brandt, 1968)
  • Brotia spinata (Godwin-Austen, 1872)
  • Brotia subgloriosa (Brandt, 1968)
  • Brotia sumatrensis (Brot, 1875)
  • Brotia torquata (von dem Busch, 1842)
  • Brotia verbecki (Brot, 1886)
  • Brotia wykoffi (Brandt, 1974)
  • Brotia yunnanensis Köhler, Du & Yang, 2010[4]

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

References

  1. ^ Adams H. (1866). "Description of a new genus and a new species of mollusks". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 150-151.
  2. ^ Fischer P. & Crosse H. (1892). "Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale". Recherches zoologiques, Partie 7, 2(13): 117-392.
  3. ^ Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)." Malacologia 48: 159-251.
  4. ^ a b Köhler F., Du L.-N. & Yang J.-X. (2010). "A new species of Brotia from Yunnan, China (Caenogastropoda, Pachychilidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(2): 295-300. doi:10.1002/zoos.201000012.
  5. ^ a b c Köhler F., Holford, Do V. T. & Ho T. H. (2009). "Exploring a largely unknown fauna: On the diversity of pachychilid freshwater gastropods in Vietnam (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea)". Molluscan Research 29(3): 121-146. abstract.

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