Brotia armata

Brotia armata
	Apertural view of a shell of Brotia armata. 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. armata
Binomial name
	Brotia armata; (Brandt, 1968)
Synonyms
	Brotia (Paracrostoma) pseudosulcospira armata Brandt, 1968; Brotia morrisonii Brandt, 1974; Paracrostoma morrisoni Brandt, 1974 (junior synonym); Brotia pseudosulcospira armata Brandt, 1968 (original combination); Paracrostoma paludiformis dubiosa Brandt, 1974; Paracrostoma pseudosulcospira ssp. armata Brandt, 1968;

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

Distribution

This species occurs in Thailand.^[1]^[3]

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c Simonis, J.; Köhler, F. (2012). "Brotia armata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T184897A1762843. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184897A1762843.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Brandt R. A. M. (1968). "Descriptions of new non-marine mollusks from Asia". Archiv fir Molluskenkunde 98: 213-289.
^ ^a ^b Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2006). "A systematic revision of the Southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia 48: 159-251.
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Brotia armata Brandt, 1968". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
^ 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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