Sulcospira tonkiniana

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

Sulcospira tonkiniana
Apertural view of a shell of Sulcospira tonkiniana. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Sulcospira
Species:	S. tonkiniana
Binomial name
Sulcospira tonkiniana (Morlet, 1887)[2]
Synonyms[3][1]
Melania aubryana Heude, 1888 Melania aubryana var. attenuata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania aubryana var. elongata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania aubryana var. obliterata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania aubryana var. paupera Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania aubryana var. polygonales Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania aubryana var. robusta Dauzenberg & Fischer, 1908 Melania beaumetzi Brot, 1887 Melania hamonvillei Brot, 1887 Melania verbecki var. tonkiniana Morlet, 1887 Adamietta hamonvillei (Brot, 1887) Adamietta tonkiniana (Morelet, 1886) Brotia hamonvillei Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2002

Distribution

This species occurs in Vietnam.^[4][5]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[6]