Sulcospira housei (Lea, 1856)

Ng, Ting Hui, Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Chhuoy, Samol, Pin, Kakada, Pholyotha, Arthit, Siriwut, Warut, Srisonchai, Ruttapon, Hogan, Zeb S. & Ngor, Peng Bun, 2020, Annotated checklist of freshwater molluscs from the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 958, pp. 107-141 : 107

Sulcospira housei (Lea, 1856) Fig. 5M

Melania housei Lea, 1856: 144-145. Type locality: "Korat, Takrong River, Siam".

Adamietta housei : Brandt 1974: 171-172, pl. 12, fig. 24.

Material examined.

CIFI.MOL.043, ZRC.MOL.015748, ZRC.MOL.015749.

Distribution and habitat.

Tonle Sap River, Sangkae River in Battambang Province, canal in Kampong Thom Province (locality no. 1, 2, 26, 38, 41, 43 and 44).

Remarks.

Sulcospira housei is widespread in neighbouring Thailand ( Brandt 1974) and based on our study and past records ( Crosse and Fischer 1876; Morlet 1889), appears to be widely distributed in Cambodia also, from around the Tonle Sap basin to the south in Kampot Province.

Figures

Figure 5. Freshwater gastropods of the Tonle Sap basin, Cambodia A Pila gracilis B Pila pesmei C Pila virescens D Pomacea maculata E Filopaludina martensi cambodjensis F Idiopoma umbilicata G Mekongia rattei H Trochotaia trochoides I Bithynia siamensis goniomphalus J Wattebledia siamensis K Anentome cambojiensis L Anentome helena M Sulcospira housei N Melanoides tuberculata O Indoplanorbis exustus and P Radix rubiginosa. Scale bars: 10 mm, unless stated otherwise. Photographs by TH Ng.