Brotia pagodula explained

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

Taxonomy

Brotia pagodula is the type species of the genus Brotia.^[1]

There is evidence from analysis of mtDNA that this species may actually be two distinct species living in the same area.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in:

• Myanmar^[1]
• Thailand

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[3] Common names for the species include the porcupine snail, the pagoda snail, and the horned armour snail.^[4]

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. 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. en. 86. 2.
3. 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.
4. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Brotia pagodula (A. Gould, 1847). 2022-01-15. www.marinespecies.org.