Brotia costula is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Pachychilidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Brotia costula (Rafinesque, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740349 on 27 October 2021
This species is found in Southeastern Asia.
Synonyms Brotia (Brotia) costula (Rafinesque, 1833) Brotia (Brotia) costula costula (Rafinesque, 1833) Brotia (Brotia) costula varicosa (Troschel, 1837) Brotia variabilis (Benson, 1836) (based on an unavailable name) Melania (Melanoides) soloensis K. Martin, 1905 † (junior subjective synonym) Melania (Melanoides) variabilis Benson, 1836 (superseded combination) Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. microstoma G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination) Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. pseudospinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (superseded combination) Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. semilaevigata G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination) Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subspinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination) Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subtuberculata G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination) Melania (Melanoides) variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885 (original combination) Melania carolinae Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833 (junior synonym) Melania costula Rafinesque, 1833 (original combination) Melania hainesiana I. Lea, 1857 Melania indica Souleyet, 1852 (junior synonym) Melania menkeana "Brot, 1875" (incorrect subsequent spelling of Melania menkiana; not qualifying as an emendation) Melania menkeana G. Nevill, 1885 (unjustified emendation of Melania menkiana I. Lea, 1843) Melania menkiana I. Lea, 1843 (junior synonym) Melania meukiana I. Lea, 1843 (incorrect original spelling; Melania menkiana is an emendation) Melania plicata I. Lea, 1838 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania plicata Menke, 1828; M. menkiana is a replacement name) Melania spinosa Hanley, 1854 (junior synonym) Melania variabilis Benson, 1836 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania variabilis Defrance, 1823) Melania variabilis var. aspera Hanley & Theobald, 1874 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania aspera Lesson, 1831) Melania variabilis var. cincta Hanley & Theobald, 1874 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania cincta I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Melania variabilis var. microstoma G. Nevill, 1885 (invalid: junior homonym of Melania microstoma I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851) Melania variabilis var. pseudospinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym) Melania variabilis var. semilaevigata G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym) Melania variabilis var. subspinosa G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym) Melania variabilis var. subtuberculata G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym) Melania variabilis var. subvaricosa G. Nevill, 1885 (junior synonym) Melania varicosa Troschel, 1837
References
Köhler F. & Glaubrecht M. (2001) Toward a systematic revision of the southeast Asian freshwater gastropod Brotia H. Adams, 1866 (Cerithioidea: Pachychylidae): An account of species from around the South China Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 67: 281–318.
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