Brotia herculea

Brotia herculea
	Apertural view of a shell of Brotia herculea including operculum. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Brotia
Species:	B. herculea
Binomial name
	Brotia herculea; (Gould, 1846)
Synonyms
	Melania herculea Gould, 1846; Melanoides herculea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854; Melania balteata Reeve, 1860; Melania gloriosa Anthony, 1865; Melania peguensis Hanley & Theobald, 1876; Melania reevei Brot, 1862; Melania reevei var. imbricata Hanley & Theobald, 1876; Melania reevei var. lanceolata Nevill, 1884; Melania reevei var. soliduscula Nevill, 1884; Melania tourannensis var. beddomeana Nevill, 1885; Melania tourannensis var. compacta Nevill, 1885

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.^[4] Its shell is large and turreted. The presence of axial ribs is highly variable.^[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in Myanmar and Thailand.^[2]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[6] It is considered low-risk for invasiveness.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Köhler, F.; Simonis, J. (2012). "Brotia herculea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T184819A1754715. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184819A1754715.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia 48: 159-251.
^ MolluscaBase (2018). Brotia herculea (Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057844 on 2018-09-11
^ 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. doi:10.1242/bio.055699. ISSN 2046-6390. PMC 7595699. PMID 32917764.
^ Köhler, Frank.; Köhler, Frank; Glaubrecht, Matthias (2006). "A systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia. 48: 159–251. ISSN 0076-2997.
^ 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
^ Patoka, Jiří; Kopecký, Oldřich; Vrabec, Vladimír; Kalous, Lukáš (2017). "Aquarium molluscs as a case study in risk assessment of incidental freshwater fauna". Biological Invasions. 19 (7): 2039–2046. doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1412-6. ISSN 1387-3547. S2CID 254293059.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Köhler, F.; Simonis, J. (2012). "Brotia herculea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T184819A1754715. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184819A1754715.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[Köhler_2006-2] Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia 48: 159-251.

[3] MolluscaBase (2018). Brotia herculea (Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057844 on 2018-09-11

[4] 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. doi:10.1242/bio.055699. ISSN 2046-6390. PMC 7595699. PMID 32917764.

[5] Köhler, Frank.; Köhler, Frank; Glaubrecht, Matthias (2006). "A systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia. 48: 159–251. ISSN 0076-2997.

[Ng_2016-6] 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130

[7] Patoka, Jiří; Kopecký, Oldřich; Vrabec, Vladimír; Kalous, Lukáš (2017). "Aquarium molluscs as a case study in risk assessment of incidental freshwater fauna". Biological Invasions. 19 (7): 2039–2046. doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1412-6. ISSN 1387-3547. S2CID 254293059.

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