Melanoides tuberculata (OF Mueller , 1774)

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

Melanoides tuberculata (OF Mueller, 1774) Fig. 5N

Nerita tuberculata OF Müller, 1774: 191. Type locality: "In littore Coromandel".

Melanoides tuberculata : Brandt 1974: 164-166, pl. 12, figs 9-12.

Material examined.

CIFI.MOL.036, ZRC.MOL.015747, ZRC.MOL.015750, ZRC.MOL.015751, ZRC.MOL.01572.

Distribution and habitat.

Tonle Sap Lake and Thliem Ma-Orm River in Pursat Province (locality no. 11, 12, 20, 27 and 35).

Remarks.

Melanoides tuberculata has a global distribution but was not found to be common in the Tonle Sap basin during our surveys.

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.