Filopaludina sumatrensis explained

Filopaludina sumatrensis is a species of large freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Viviparidae.^[1]

Subspecies

• Filopaludina sumatrensis peninsularis Brandt, 1974^[2]
• Filopaludina sumatrensis polygramma (Martens, 1860)
• Filopaludina sumatrensis speciosa (Deshayes, 1876)
• Filopaludina sumatrensis sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852) represented as Filopaludina sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852) (alternate representation)

Distribution

This species is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Description

The width of the shell is 21 mm. The height of the shell is 32 mm.^[3]

References

• Brandt R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i–iv, 1–423

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Filopaludina sumatrensis (Dunker, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827309 on 2014-12-09
2. , accessed 2 June 2014.
3. Kobelt W. (1909). "Die Gattung Paludina Lam. (Vivipara Montfort) (Neue Folge). In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Nürnberg, 1(21a): pp. 97–430, plates 15–77. pages 276–277, table 56, fig. 9–12.