Sulcospira housei
| Sulcospira housei | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Sulcospira housei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Sulcospira |
| Species: | S. housei |
| Binomial name | |
| Sulcospira housei | |
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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,[2] who collected type specimens during the American Presbyterian Mission in Siam.
Distribution
This species occurs in:
The type locality is "Korat, Takrong River, Siam".[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Köhler, F.; Sri-aroon, P.; Simonis, J. (2012). "Sulcospira housei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T184909A1764077. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T184909A1764077.en. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- 1 2 3 Lea I. (1856). "Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 8 (4): 144-145.
- 1 2 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)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157 (4): 679–699. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00541.x.