Sulcospira housei is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
| 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] | |
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Melania housei I. Lea, 1856 | |
The specific name housei is in honour of Dr. Samuel Reynolds House,[2] who collected type specimens during the American Presbyterian Mission in Siam.
Distribution
editThis species occurs in:
The type locality is "Korat, Takrong River, Siam".[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Köhler F., Sri-aroon P. & Simonis J. (2012). "Sulcospira housei". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ a b c Lea I. (1856). "Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(4): 144-145.
- ^ a b Köhler F. & Dames C. (2009). "Phylogeny and systematics of the Pachychilidae of mainland Southeast Asia – novel insights from morphology and mitochondrial DNA (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157: 679-699. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00541.x.