Brotia citrina

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

Brotia citrina
Apertural view of a shell of Brotia citrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Brotia
Species:
B. citrina
Binomial name
Brotia citrina
(Brot, 1868)
Synonyms[1]
  • Melania citrina Brot, 1868
  • Melania dugasti Morlet, 1893
  • Melanica citrinoides Brot, 1886

Distribution

This species occurs in Thailand.[2]

References
  1. Rintelen T. (2011). "Brotia citrina". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  2. 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.


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