Brotia

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

|fossil_range = Miocene - recent |image = Brotia pagodula.jpg |image_caption = Shell of Brotia pagodula |taxon = Brotia |authority = H. Adams, 1866 |type_species = Melania pagodula | type_species_authority = Gould, 1847 |synonyms_ref = |synonyms =

  • Antimelania P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892
  • Brotia (Brotia) H. Adams, 1866
  • Melania (Brotia) Adams, 1866
  • Wanga Chen, 1943 |display_parents = 3

Brotia is a genus of Southeast Asian freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family Pachychilidae.

The generic name Brotia is apparently in honor of a Swiss malacologist Auguste Louis Brot (1821-1896).

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Brotia_distribution.jpg" caption="Distribution of ''Brotia''"] ::

Distribution

Species of Brotia occur in freshwater habitats of Southeast Asia, ranging from Northern India in the west through to Sumatra in the east. This range includes India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China (1 species), Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra and Borneo only).

Biology

Species are found predominantly in fast flowing, well oxygenated rivers, occasionally also in lakes. They are gonochoristic, and viviparous, retaining developing eggs and youngs in special brood pouch.

Species

Species within the genus Brotia include:

Synonyms:

Variability of shells of Brotia (images in the first row are in the same ratio): ::data[format=table] | [[File:Brotia citrina shell.png|left|thumb|[[Brotia citrina]]]] | [[File:Brotia episcopalis shell.png|left|thumb|[[Brotia episcopalis]]]] | [[File:Brotia pagodula shell 2.png|left|thumb|[[Brotia pagodula]]]] | [[File:Brotia sumatrensis shell.png|left|thumb|[[Brotia sumatrensis]]]] | [[File:Brotia verbecki shell.png|left|thumb|[[Brotia verbecki]]]] | |---|---|---|---|---| ::

File:Brotia armata shell.png|Brotia armata File:Brotia binodosa shell.png|Brotia binodosa File:Brotia herculea shell.png|Brotia herculea

References

References

  1. Adams H. (1866). "Description of a new genus and a new species of mollusks". ''[[Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London]]'' '''1866''': [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofgen66zool#page/150/mode/2up 150]-151.
  2. [[Paul Henri Fischer. Fischer P.]] & [[Joseph Charles Hippolyte Crosse. Crosse H.]] (1892). "Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale". ''Recherches zoologiques'', Partie 7, '''2'''(13): 117-392.
  3. Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod ''Brotia'' (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". ''[[Malacologia]]'' '''48''': [https://archive.org/stream/malacologia482006inst#page/158/mode/2up 159]-251.
  4. 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. [http://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v29/2009f/n3p146.htm abstract].
  5. Köhler F., Du L.-N. & Yang J.-X. (2010). "A new species of ''Brotia'' from Yunnan, China (Caenogastropoda, Pachychilidae)". ''[[Zoosystematics and Evolution]]'' '''86'''(2): 295-300. {{doi. 10.1002/zoos.201000012.
  6. Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2001). "Toward a systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod ''Brotia'' H. – Adams, 1866 (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae): an account of species from around the South China Sea". ''[[Journal of Molluscan Studies]]'' '''67'''(3): 281-318. {{doi. 10.1093/mollus/67.3.281

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