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Brotia episcopalis

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Brotia episcopalis
Apertural view of the shell of Brotia episcopalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Brotia
Species:
B. episcopalis
Binomial name
Brotia episcopalis
(H. C. Lea & I. Lea, 1851)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Melania (Melanoides) palembangensis Strubell, 1897 (junior synonym)
  • Melania episcopalis I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 (original combination)
  • Melania heros Brot, 1877 (junior synonym)
  • Melania palembangensis Strubell, 1897
  • Sermyla chaperi de Morgan, 1885 (junior synonym)
  • Sermyla perakensis de Morgan, 1885 (junior synonym)

Brotia episcopalis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.

Taxonomy

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In the 20th century, B. episcopalis was frequently synonymized with Brotia costula due to cryptically similar shell morphology. In the 21st century molecular data was able to distinguish this species.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in:

Human use

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Evidence of B. episcopalis being used as food has been discovered in Neolithic archaeological sites in Malaysia.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Köhler F. & Simonis J. (2012). "Brotia episcopalis". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  2. ^ "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Brotia episcopalis (I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Köhler, Frank.; Köhler, Frank; Glaubrecht, Matthias (2006). "A systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae)". Malacologia. 48: 159–251. ISSN 0076-2997.
  4. ^ Albert, Deejay (1 August 2019). A Study on the Mollusc Remains from Archaeological Sites in Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia (Thesis).