Sulcospira tonkiniana

Sulcospira tonkiniana
	Apertural view of a shell of Sulcospira tonkiniana. 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:	Sulcospira
Species:	S. tonkiniana
Binomial name
	Sulcospira tonkiniana; (Morlet, 1887)
Synonyms
	Melania aubryana Heude, 1888; Melania aubryana var. attenuata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908; Melania aubryana var. elongata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908; Melania aubryana var. obliterata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908; Melania aubryana var. paupera Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908; Melania aubryana var. polygonales Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908; Melania aubryana var. robusta Dauzenberg & Fischer, 1908; Melania beaumetzi Brot, 1887; Melania hamonvillei Brot, 1887; Melania verbecki var. tonkiniana Morlet, 1887; Adamietta hamonvillei (Brot, 1887); Adamietta tonkiniana (Morelet, 1886); Brotia hamonvillei Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2002

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

Distribution

This species occurs in Vietnam.^[4]^[5]

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[6]

^ ^a ^b Köhler, F. (2012). "Sulcospira tonkiniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T188679A1906738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T188679A1906738.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Morlet L. (1887). "Liste de coquilles recueillies, au Tonkin, par M. Jourdy, chef d’escadron d’artillerie, et description d’espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 34 "1886": 257–295. pages 264–265.
^ MolluscaBase (2018). Sulcospira tonkiniana (Morlet, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766815 on 2018-09-15.
^ Köhler F. & Dames C. (2009). "Phylogeny and systematics of the Pachychilidae of mainland Southeast Asia – novel insights from morphology and mitochondrial DNA (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 679-699. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00541.x.
^ Köhler F., Holford M., 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.
^ 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

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