Brotia herculea explained
Brotia herculea, common name the giant tower cap snail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pachychilidae.
Description
B. herculea has a taenioglossan radula.[1] Its shell is large and turreted. The presence of axial ribs is highly variable.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in Myanmar and Thailand.[3]
Human use
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[4] It is considered low-risk for invasiveness.[5]
Notes and References
- Scheel. Carolin. Gorb. Stanislav N.. Glaubrecht. Matthias. Krings. Wencke. 2020-10-21. Not just scratching the surface: distinct radular motion patterns in Mollusca. Biology Open. 9. 10. bio055699. 10.1242/bio.055699. 32917764 . 7595699 . 2046-6390. free.
- Köhler. Frank.. Köhler. Frank. Glaubrecht. Matthias. 2006. A systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae). Malacologia. 48. 159–251. 0076-2997.
- Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia 48: 159-251.
- 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.
- Patoka. Jiří. Kopecký. Oldřich. Vrabec. Vladimír. Kalous. Lukáš. 2017. Aquarium molluscs as a case study in risk assessment of incidental freshwater fauna. Biological Invasions. en. 19. 7. 2039–2046. 10.1007/s10530-017-1412-6. 254293059 . 1387-3547.
