Sulcospira tonkiniana

Sulcospira tonkiniana
Apertural view of a shell of Sulcospira tonkiniana. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Sulcospira
Species:
S. tonkiniana
Binomial name
Sulcospira tonkiniana
(Morlet, 1887)[2]
Synonyms[3][1]

Melania aubryana Heude, 1888
Melania aubryana var. attenuata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908
Melania aubryana var. elongata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908
Melania aubryana var. obliterata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908
Melania aubryana var. paupera Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908
Melania aubryana var. polygonales Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908
Melania aubryana var. robusta Dauzenberg & Fischer, 1908
Melania beaumetzi Brot, 1887
Melania hamonvillei Brot, 1887
Melania verbecki var. tonkiniana Morlet, 1887
Adamietta hamonvillei (Brot, 1887)
Adamietta tonkiniana (Morelet, 1886)
Brotia hamonvillei Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2002

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

Distribution

This species occurs in Vietnam.[4][5]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Köhler, F. (2012). "Sulcospira tonkiniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T188679A1906738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T188679A1906738.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Morlet L. (1887). "Liste de coquilles recueillies, au Tonkin, par M. Jourdy, chef d’escadron d’artillerie, et description d’espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 34 "1886": 257–295. pages 264–265.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Sulcospira tonkiniana (Morlet, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766815 on 2018-09-15.
  4. ^ Köhler F. & Dames C. (2009). "Phylogeny and systematics of the Pachychilidae of mainland Southeast Asia – novel insights from morphology and mitochondrial DNA (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 679-699. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00541.x.
  5. ^ Köhler F., Holford M., 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.
  6. ^ 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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