Stenomelania plicaria explained

Stenomelania plicaria, commonly known as the chopstick snail or the yellow chopstick snail, is a species of trumpet snail, first described by I. von Born under the synonymized name Helix pilcaria (Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis (pg. 403)).^[1]

Description

S. plicaria maximum growth size has not been well studied. The Encyclopedia of Life states a maximum size of,^[2] though this number is known to vary among different sources. S. plicaria contains both a gill and an operculum, as well as a long, pointed dextrally coiled turreted shell, fading from brown to light grey.

Distribution

Range of S. plicaria has not been described, though multiple sightings have been reported in the Southeast Asian^[3] and South Pacific regions.

Life cycle

S. plicaria is a gonochoric, broadcast spawner, beginning life as embryos, developing into planktonic trocophore larvae, later juvenile veligers, and finally adults.^[4] Embryos, larvae, and veligers are unable to survive under freshwater conditions.

Synonymized names

This species has several synonyms:^[5]

• Helix "plicata" (misspelled for plicaria)
• Helix plicaria
• Melania (Stenomelania) plicaria
• Melania (Stenomelania) plicaria var. cincta
• Melania acuta
• Melania anthracinca
• Melania arroensis
• Melania blossevilliana
• Melania cacuminata
• Melania corrugata
• Melania flammulata
• Melania fumosa
• Melania funiculus
• Melania hastula
• Melania offachiensis
• Melania scutulata
• Melania subulata
• Melanoides (Stenomelania) funiculus
• Melanoides (Stenomelania) plicaria
• Melanoides funiculus
• Melanoides hastula
• Melanoides plicaria
• Melanoides plicarius
• Stenomelania funiculus

Notes and References

1. Book: Born . Ignaz . Index rerum naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Verzeichniss der Natürlichen Seltenheiten des K.K. Naturalien Kabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil, Schalthiere . Vienna (Austria) . 1778 . ex officina Krausiana . Vindobonae.
2. Web site: Stenomelania plicaria (Born 1780) - Encyclopedia of Life . 2023-07-05 . eol.org.
3. Web site: Stenomelania plicaria (Born, 1778) . 2023-07-05 . www.gbif.org . en.
4. Web site: Stenomelania plicaria (Born 1780) - sealifebase . 2023-07-05 . sealifebase.ca.
5. Web site: Molluscabase - Stenomelania plicaria (Born, 1778) . 2023-07-05 . www.molluscabase.org.