Brotia pagodula
Appearance
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Apertural view of a shell of Brotia pagodula from the Moei River | |
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Species: | B. pagodula
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Brotia pagodula (Gould, 1847)
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Melania pagodula Gould, 1847 |
Brotia pagodula is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
Brotia pagodula is the type species of the genus Brotia.[2]
Distribution
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This species occurs in:
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References
- ^ a b c d Simonis J. & Köhler F. (2012). "Brotia pagodula". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 5 November 2012.
- ^ a b Köhler F., Holford, 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. abstract.
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