Brotia costula is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Pachychilidae.[1][2]

Brotia costula
preserved specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Brotia
Species:
B. costula
Binomial name
Brotia costula
(Rafinesque, 1833)
Synonyms

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This species is found in Southeastern Asia.[1]

Synonyms

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  • Brotia (Brotia) costula (Rafinesque, 1833)
  • Brotia (Brotia) costula costula (Rafinesque, 1833)
  • Brotia (Brotia) costula varicosa (Troschel, 1837)
  • Brotia variabilis (Benson, 1836) (based on an unavailable name)
  • Melania (Melanoides) soloensis K. Martin, 1905 † (junior subjective synonym)
  • Melania (Melanoides) variabilis Benson, 1836 (superseded combination)
  • Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. microstoma G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination)
  • Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. pseudospinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (superseded combination)
  • Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. semilaevigata G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination)
  • Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subspinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination)
  • Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subtuberculata G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination)
  • Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination)
  • Melania carolinae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 (junior synonym)
  • Melania costula Rafinesque, 1833 (original combination)
  • Melania hainesiana I. Lea, 1857
  • Melania indica Souleyet, 1852 (junior synonym)
  • Melania menkeana "Brot, 1875" (incorrect subsequent spelling of Melania menkiana; not qualifying as an emendation)
  • Melania menkeana G. Nevill, 1885 (unjustified emendation of Melania menkiana I. Lea, 1843)
  • Melania menkiana I. Lea, 1843 (junior synonym)
  • Melania meukiana I. Lea, 1843 (incorrect original spelling; Melania menkiana is an emendation)
  • Melania plicata I. Lea, 1838 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania plicata Menke, 1828; M. menkiana is a replacement name)
  • Melania spinosa Hanley, 1854 (junior synonym)
  • Melania variabilis Benson, 1836 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania variabilis Defrance, 1823)
  • Melania variabilis var. aspera Hanley & Theobald, 1874 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania aspera Lesson, 1831)
  • Melania variabilis var. cincta Hanley & Theobald, 1874 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania cincta I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
  • Melania variabilis var. microstoma G. Nevill, 1885 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania microstoma I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)
  • Melania variabilis var. pseudospinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym)
  • Melania variabilis var. semilaevigata G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym)
  • Melania variabilis var. subspinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym)
  • Melania variabilis var. subtuberculata G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym)
  • Melania variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym)
  • Melania varicosa Troschel, 1837

References

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  1. ^ a b "Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740349 on 27 October 2021
  • Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2001) Toward a systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia H. Adams, 1866 (Cerithioidea: Pachychylidae): An account of species from around the South China Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 67: 281–318.
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