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.
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| Apertural view of a shell of Brotia herculea including operculum. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Brotia |
| Species: | B. herculea
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| Binomial name | |
| Brotia herculea (Gould, 1846)
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| Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
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Melania herculea Gould, 1846 | |
Description edit
B. herculea has a taenioglossan radula.[4] Its shell is large and turreted. The presence of axial ribs is highly variable.[5]
Distribution edit
Human use edit
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[6] It is considered low-risk for invasiveness.[7]
References edit
- ^ 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.