''Brotia costula'' is a species of

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belonging to the family

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. 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 2021-10-27 This species is found in Southeastern Asia.

Synonyms

* ''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soloensis'' K. Martin, 1905 † (junior subjective synonym) * ''Melania (Melanoides) variabilis'' Benson, 1836 (superseded combination) * ''Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var.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 pseudospinosa'' G. Nevill, 1885 (superseded combination) * ''Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var.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

* 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.

External links

Rafinesque, C. S. (1833). On 5 new fresh water shells, of Bengal and Assam in Asia. Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge. 5: 165−170

Benson, W. H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 5(59): 741–750

Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824
��1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls]
Lea, I. (1838). Description of new freshwater and land shells. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. new ser., 6: 1-154, plates 1-24

Troschel, F. H. (1837). Neue Süßwasser-Conchylien aus dem Ganges. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 3: 166–182

Lea, I. (1857). Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 8(4): 144-145

Lea, 1843) Lea, I. (1843). On fresh water shells (continuation) [sixteen new species of the family Melanianae
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 2(24): 241-243]
Nevill G. (1885). Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta

Martin K. (1895-1906). Die Fossilien von Java auf grund einer Sammlung von Dr. R. D. M. Verbeek. I. Band. Gasteropoda. Sammlungen des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden. new ser., 1: 1-132, pls 1-20

Köhler, F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2006). A systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia (Cerithioidea: Pachychilidae). Malacologia. 48(1−2): 159−251
{{Taxonbar, from=Q20085237 costula Gastropods described in 1833