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Pachychilidae Pachychilidae, common name pachychilids, is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.Gofas, S. (2014). Pachychilidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ ...

Distribution

The distribution of this genus includes:

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Species

Species within the genus ''Sulcospira'' include: * ''

Sulcospira agrestis ''Sulcospira agrestis'' is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. Distribution This species occurs in Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.Köhler F. & Dames C. (2009). "Phylogeny and sy ...

'' (Reeve, 1860)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)". ''

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Sulcospira circumstriata ''Sulcospira circumstriata'' is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. Distribution This species occurs in: * MalaysiaKöhler F. & Dames C. (2009). "Phylogeny and systematics ...

'' (Metcalfe, 1851) * ''

Sulcospira collyra ''Sulcospira collyra'' is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. The specific name ''collyra'' is from the Latin language. "Collyra" means elongated, because the shape of the ...

'' Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009Köhler F., Holford M., Do V. T. & Ho T. H. (2009). "Exploring a largely unknown fauna: On the diversity of pachychilid freshwater gastropods in Vietnam (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea)". ''

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Sulcospira dakrongensis ''Sulcospira'' is a genus of freshwater snails which have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae. Distribution The distribution of this genus includes: Malaysia, China, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Speci ...

'' Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009 * ''

Sulcospira hainanensis ''Sulcospira'' is a genus of freshwater snails which have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae. Distribution The distribution of this genus includes: Malaysia, China, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Speci ...

'' (Brot, 1872) * ''

Sulcospira housei ''Sulcospira housei'' is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. The specific name ''housei'' is in honour of Dr. Samuel Reynolds House, who collected type specimens during ...

'' (I. Lea, 1856) * '' Sulcospira infracostata'' (Mousson, 1849) * '' Sulcospira kawaluensis'' Marwoto & Isnaningsih, 2012Marwoto R. M. & Isnaningsih N. R. (2012). "The freshwater snail genus ''Sulcospira'' Troschel, 1857 from Java, with description of a new species from Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pachychilidae)". ''

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* '' Sulcospira pisum'' (Brot, 1868) * '' Sulcospira provisoria'' (Brot, 1884) * '' Sulcospira quangtriensis'' Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009 * '' Sulcospira schmidti'' (Martens, 1908) * '' Sulcospira sulcospira'' (Mousson, 1849) - type species of the genus ''Sulcospira'' * '' Sulcospira testudinaria'' (von dem Busch, 1842) * '' Sulcospira tonkiniana'' (Morlet, 1886) * '' Sulcospira tourannensis'' (Souleyet, 1852) * '' Sulcospira vietnamensis'' Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009

References

External links

* Pachychilidae {{Pachychilidae-stub