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Brotia
Sign in to saveBrotia is a genus of Southeast Asian freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family Pachychilidae.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Brotia is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Indonesia and Thailand.
It is catalogued under topics including Brotia, Freshwater snails and Gastropod genera.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
- FamilyPachychilidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 242
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Pachychilidae
- Collections
- CAS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, DMNS, ALMNH, NCSM, UF
- Recorded in
- Burma [Union Of Myanmar], Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pachychilidae
- Image
- Brotia pagodula.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Brotia
- Commons category
- Brotia
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Biology
- Species
- References
- External links
Brotia is a genus of Southeast Asian freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family Pachychilidae.
The generic name Brotia is apparently in honor of a Swiss malacologist Auguste Louis Brot (1821-1896).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brotia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.