Brotia pagodula

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

Brotia pagodula
Apertural view of a shell of Brotia pagodula from the Moei River
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Brotia
Species:
B. pagodula
Binomial name
Brotia pagodula
(Gould, 1847)
Synonyms[1]

Melania pagodula Gould, 1847

Taxonomy

Brotia pagodula is the type species of the genus Brotia.[2]

There is evidence from analysis of mtDNA that this species may actually be two distinct species living in the same area.[3]

Distribution
Distribution map of Brotia pagodula.

This species occurs in:

Apertural view of another shell of Brotia pagodula

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[4] Common names for the species include the porcupine snail, the pagoda snail, and the horned armour snail.[5]

References
  1. Simonis J. & Köhler F. (2012). "Brotia pagodula". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 5 November 2012.
  2. 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.
  3. Köhler, F.; Deein, G. (2010). "Hybridisation as potential source of incongruence in the morphological and mitochondrial diversity of a Thai freshwater gastropod (Pachychilidae, Brotia H. Adams, 1866)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 86 (2).
  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
  5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Brotia pagodula (A. Gould, 1847)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 January 2022.


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