Brotia episcopalis
Appearance
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Brotia episcopalis | |
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Apertural view of the shell of Brotia episcopalis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pachychilidae |
Genus: | Brotia |
Species: | B. episcopalis
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Binomial name | |
Brotia episcopalis | |
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Brotia episcopalis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
Taxonomy
[edit]In the 20th century, B. episcopalis was frequently synonymized with Brotia costula due to cryptically similar shell morphology. In the 21st century molecular data was able to distinguish this species.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in:
Human use
[edit]Evidence of B. episcopalis being used as food has been discovered in Neolithic archaeological sites in Malaysia.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Köhler F. & Simonis J. (2012). "Brotia episcopalis". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Brotia episcopalis (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Albert, Deejay (1 August 2019). A Study on the Mollusc Remains from Archaeological Sites in Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia (Thesis).