Sulcospira housei | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Sulcospira housei | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pachychilidae |
Genus: | Sulcospira |
Species: | S. housei
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Binomial name | |
Sulcospira housei | |
Synonyms [1] [3] | |
Melania housei I. Lea, 1856 |
Sulcospira housei is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
The specific name housei is in honour of Dr. Samuel Reynolds House, [2] who collected type specimens during the American Presbyterian Mission in Siam.
This species occurs in:
The type locality is " Korat, Takrong River, Siam". [2]