Brotia
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Brotia is a genus of Southeast Asian freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family Pachychilidae.[3]
Quick Facts Brotia Temporal range: Miocene - recent, Scientific classification ...
Brotia Temporal range: Miocene - recent | |
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Shell of Brotia pagodula | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Pachychilidae |
Genus: | Brotia H. Adams, 1866[1] |
Type species | |
Melania pagodula Gould, 1847 | |
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The generic name Brotia is apparently in honor of a Swiss malacologist Auguste Louis Brot (1821-1896).