• Source: Brotia

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


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:

Brotia asperata (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Jagora asperata (Lamarck, 1822)
Brotia baccata (Gould, 1847): synonym of Brotia henriettae (Gray, 1834)
Brotia delavayana Heude, 1888 : synonym of Sulcospira delavayana (Heude, 1888)
† Brotia escheri aquitanica (Noulet, 1846): synonym of † Tinnyea aquitanica (Noulet, 1846)
† Brotia escheri auingeri (Handmann, 1882): synonym of † Tinnyea lauraea (Matheron, 1842)
Brotia hainanensis (Brot, 1872): synonym of Sulcospira hainanensis (Brot, 1874)
Brotia hamonvillei : synonym of Sulcospira tonkiniana (Morelet, 1886)
Brotia infracostata (Mousson, 1848): synonym of Sulcospira infracostata (Mousson, 1848)
Brotia proteus (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1908): synonym of Sulcospira dakrongensis Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009
Brotia swinhoei (H. Adams, 1870): synonym of Sulcospira swinhoei (H. Adams, 1870)
Brotia testudinaria (von dem Busch, 1842): synonym of Sulcospira testudinaria (von dem Busch, 1842)
Brotia tourannensis: synonym of Sulcospira tourannensis (Souleyet, 1852)
Brotia variabilis (Benson, 1836): synonym of Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833)
Variability of shells of Brotia (images in the first row are in the same ratio):

















References






External links



Köhler F. & Deein G. (2010). "Hybridisation as potential source of incongruence in the morphological and mitochondrial diversity of a Thai freshwater gastropod (Pachychilidae, Brotia H. Adarns, 1866)". Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(2): 301-314. doi:10.1002/zoos.201000013.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Susuh kura
• Sungai Kampar Kanan
• Brotia
• Brotia herculea
• Brotia armata
• Brotia sumatrensis
• Brotia pagodula
• Brotia binodosa
• Brotia costula
• Brotia verbecki
• Brotia citrina
• Brotia episcopalis