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Genus of gastropods
Brotia is a genus of
Southeast Asian
freshwater snails ,
gastropod
molluscs in the
taxonomic
family
Pachychilidae .
[3]
The generic name Brotia is apparently in honor of a Swiss
malacologist
Auguste Louis Brot (1821-1896).
Distribution of Brotia
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),
[4]
Cambodia ,
Malaysia and
Indonesia (
Sumatra and
Borneo only).
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 within the genus Brotia include:
†
Brotia alpina (F. Sandberger, 1871)
Brotia annamita Köhler, Holford M., Do & Ho, 2009
[5]
Brotia angulifera Brot, 1872 - incertae sedis
[3]
Brotia armata (Brandt, 1874)
[3]
Brotia assamensis (Nevill, 1885) - incertae sedis
[3]
Brotia beaumetzi (Brot, 1887) - incertae sedis
[3]
Brotia binodosa (Blanford, 1903)
[3]
†
Brotia bittneri (Oppenheim, 1895)
Brotia boenana (Brot, 1881)
Brotia borneensis (Schepman, 1896) - incertae sedis
[3]
†
Brotia castellaunensis (Boussac, 1911)
Brotia citrina (Brot, 1868)
[3]
Brotia clavaeformis (Brot, 1874)
Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833)
[3]
[6]
Brotia cylindrus (Brot, 1886) - incertae sedis
[3]
Brotia dautzenbergiana (Morlet, 1884)
[3]
Brotia episcopalis (H. Lea & I. Lea, 1851)
[3]
Brotia godwini (Brot, 1875)
[3]
Brotia henriettae (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
[3]
Brotia herculea (Gould, 1846)
[3]
Brotia hoabinhensis Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009
[5]
Brotia huberi Thach, 2021
Brotia indragirica (von Martens, 1900)
[3]
Brotia insolita (Brot, 1868)
[3]
Brotia iravadica (Blanford, 1869)
[3]
Brotia jullieni (Deshayes, 1874)
[3]
Brotia kelantanesis (Preston, 1907)
[3]
Brotia laodelectata Köhler, 2008
†
Brotia lhazeensis Yü, 1982
†
Brotia lombersensis (Noulet, 1867)
†
Brotia majevitzae (Oppenheim, 1901)
Brotia manningi Brandt, 1968
[3]
Brotia mariae Köhler, 2008
Brotia microsculpta Brandt, 1968
[3]
Brotia pageli (Thiele, 1908)
[6]
Brotia pagodula (Gould, 1847)
[3]
[6] - type species
[5]
†
Brotia palaeocostula Gurung, Takayasu & Matsuoka, 1997
Brotia paludiformis (Solem, 1966)
[3]
Brotia peninsularis (Brandt, 1974)
[3]
Brotia persculpta (Ehrmann, 1922)
Brotia praetermissa Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2002
[3]
Brotia pseudoasperata Brandt, 1968
[3]
Brotia pseudosulcospira (Brandt, 1968)
[3]
Brotia siamensis (Brot, 1886)
[3]
Brotia solemiana (Brandt, 1968)
[3]
Brotia sooloensis (Reeve, 1859) - incertae sedis
[3]
Brotia spinata (Godwin-Austen, 1872) - incertae sedis
[3]
Brotia subgloriosa (Brandt, 1968)
[3]
Brotia sumatrensis (Brot, 1875)
[3]
Brotia torquata (von dem Busch, 1842)
[3]
Brotia verbecki (Brot, 1886)
[3]
Brotia wykoffi (Brandt, 1974)
[3]
Brotia yunnanensis Köhler, Du & Yang, 2010
[4]
Brotia zonata (Benson, 1836) - incertae sedis
[3]
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) :
[6] 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) :
[6] 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):
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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 .