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Brotia

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Brotia is a genus of Southeast Asian freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family Pachychilidae.[3]

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

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),[4] 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):

References

  1. ^ Adams H. (1866). "Description of a new genus and a new species of mollusks". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 150-151.
  2. ^ Fischer P. & Crosse H. (1892). "Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale". Recherches zoologiques, Partie 7, 2(13): 117-392.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia 48: 159-251.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ a b c 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.
  6. ^ a b c d e 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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Brotia: Brief Summary

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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).

Distribution of Brotia
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