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

Sulcospira collyra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
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 edit

This species occurs in Vietnam.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Köhler F. (2012). "Sulcospira collyra". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T191527A1987723. Downloaded on 14 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c 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.