Sulcospira collyra

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

Sulcospira collyra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Sulcospira
Species:
S. collyra
Binomial name
Sulcospira collyra
Köhler, Holford, Do & Ho, 2009[2]

The specific name collyra is from the Latin language. "Collyra" means elongated, because the shape of the shell is elongated.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Vietnam.[2]

References
  1. Köhler F. (2012). "Sulcospira collyra". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T191527A1987723. Downloaded on 14 January 2016.
  2. Köhler 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)". Molluscan Research 29(3): 121-146.


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