Sulcospira
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Sulcospira is a genus
of freshwater snail
s which have an operculum
, aquatic
gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s which have an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae
Pachychilidae
Pachychilidae, common name pachychilids, is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Distribution :Pachychilids are freshwater snails with a worldwide distribution in the tropics...
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Distribution
The distribution of this genus includes: Malaysia, China, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.Species
Species within the genus Sulcospira include:- Sulcospira agrestis (Reeve, 1860)
- Sulcospira circumstriata (Metcalfe, 1851)
- Sulcospira collyra Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009
- Sulcospira dakrongensis Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009
- Sulcospira hainanensis (Brot, 1872)
- Sulcospira houseiSulcospira houseiSulcospira housei is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae....
(I. Lea, 1856) - Sulcospira infracostata (Mousson, 1849)
- Sulcospira provisoria (Brot, 1884)
- Sulcospira quangtriensis Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009
- Sulcospira schmidtiSulcospira schmidtiSulcospira schmidti is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae....
(Martens, 1908) - Sulcospira testudinaria (von dem Busch, 1842)
- Sulcospira tonkiniana (Morlet, 1886)
- Sulcospira tourannensis (Souleyet, 1852)
- Sulcospira vietnamensis Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009