Brotia

Brotia pagodula Gould, 1846

Brotia is a genus of Southeast Asian freshwater snails from the family of Pachychilidae.

The taxon Antimelania P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892 is a synonym of Brotia.

Dissemination

Brotia species living mainly in rivers and streams of Southeast Asia, an area that extends from northern India in the west to Sumatra and Borneo in the south and Vietnam to the east. The distribution area includes India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia ( Sumatra and Borneo only ).

Biology

Most Brotia species inhabit rivers, a few also occur in lakes. These snails are dioecious and viviparous.

List of species

• Brotia annamita Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009 (Vietnam)
• Brotia armata ( Brandt, 1874) (Thailand)
• Brotia assamensis ( Nevill, 1885) ( Assam )
• Brotia baccata ( Gould, 1847) (Thailand)
• Brotia binodosa ( Blanford, 1903) (Thailand)
• Brotia boenana (Bread, 1881) (Sumatra )
• Brotia borneensis ( Schepman, 1896) (Borneo )
• Brotia citrina (Bread, 1861) (Thailand)
• Brotia costula ( Rafinesque, 1833) (India)
• Brotia dautzenbergiana Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2006 ( Thailand)
• Brotia episcopalis ( I. Lea & HC Lea, 1851) (Malaysia)
• Brotia godwini (Bread, 1875) (Myanmar, Assam )
• Brotia herculea ( Gould, 1846) - Giant tower snail (Thailand, Myanmar)
• Brotia hoabinhensis Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009 (Vietnam)
• Brotia indragirica ( von Martens, 1900) (Sumatra )
• Brotia insolita (Bread, 1868) (Thailand)
• Brotia iravadica ( Blanford, 1869 ) ( Myanmar)
• Brotia jullieni ( Deshayes, 1874) (Laos, Cambodia )
• Brotia laodelectata Köhler, 2008 ( Laos)

• Brotia manningi Brandt, 1968 ( Thailand)
• Brotia mariae Köhler, 2008 ( Laos)
• Brotia microsculpta Brandt, 1968 ( Thailand)
• Brotia pagodula ( Gould, 1847) (Thailand, Myanmar)
• Brotia paludiformis ( Solem, 1966) ( Thailand)
• Brotia peninsularis ( Brandt, 1974) ( Thailand)
• Brotia persculpta ( Ehrmann, 1922) (Myanmar )
• Brotia praetermissa Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2002 ( Borneo)
• Brotia pseudoasperata Brandt, 1968 ( Thailand)
• Brotia pseudosulcospira ( Brandt, 1968) ( Thailand)
• Brotia siamensis (Bread, 1886) (Thailand)
• Brotia solemiana ( Brandt, 1968) ( Thailand)
• Brotia spinata ( Godwin Austen, 1872) ( Assam )
• Brotia subgloriosa ( Brandt, 1968) ( Thailand)
• Brotia sumatrensis (Bread, 1875) (Sumatra )
• Brotia torquata (of the bush, 1842) (Sumatra )
• Brotia verbecki (Bread, 1886) (Sumatra )
• Brotia wykoffi ( Brandt, 1974) ( Thailand)
• Brotia yunnanensis Köhler, Du & Yang, 2010 ( Yunnan )