Sulcospira housei

Sulcospira housei
Apertural view of a shell of Sulcospira housei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Sulcospira
Species:	S. housei
Binomial name
Sulcospira housei (I. Lea, 1856)[2]
Synonyms[1][3]
Melania housei I. Lea, 1856 Adamietta housei (I. Lea, 1856) Melania schomburgki Suvatti, 1950 Stenomelania housei Lea, 1856

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:

• Cambodia[1]
• Laos[1]
• Myanmar[1]
• Thailand[1][3]
• Vietnam[1]

The type locality is "Korat, Takrong River, Siam".[2]

References

1. Köhler F., Sri-aroon P. & Simonis J. (2012). "Sulcospira housei". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
2. Lea I. (1856). "Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(4): 144-145.
3. 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: 679-699. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00541.x.