Brotia sumatrensis

Brotia sumatrensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae. Previously frequently synonymized with Brotia costula, biological systematics was able to molecularly distinguish the two.^[2]

Brotia sumatrensis
Shell of Brotia sumatrensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Brotia
Species:	B. sumatrensis
Binomial name
Brotia sumatrensis (Brot, 1875)
Synonyms[1]
Melania boeana Brot, 1881 (junior synonym) Melania sumatrensis Brot, 1875 (original combination)

Distribution

• Sumatra, Indonesia^[3]