Stenomelania plicaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Stenomelania
Species:
S. plicaria
Binomial name
Stenomelania plicaria

Stenomelania plicaria, commonly known as the chopstick snail or the yellow chopstick snail, is a species of trumpet snail, first described by I. von Born under the synonymized name Helix pilcaria (Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis (pg. 403)).[2]

Description

S. plicaria maximum growth size has not been well studied. The Encyclopedia of Life states a maximum size of 2.4 in (61 mm),[3] though this number is known to vary among different sources. S. plicaria contains both a gill and an operculum, as well as a long, pointed dextrally coiled turreted shell,[3] fading from brown to light grey.

Distribution

Range of S. plicaria has not been described, though multiple sightings have been reported in the Southeast Asian[4] and South Pacific[3] regions.

Life cycle

S. plicaria is a gonochoric, broadcast spawner, beginning life as embryos, developing into planktonic trocophore larvae, later juvenile veligers, and finally adults.[5] Embryos, larvae, and veligers are unable to survive under freshwater conditions.

Synonymized names

This species has several synonyms:[6]

  • Helix "plicata" (misspelled for plicaria)
  • Helix plicaria
  • Melania (Stenomelania) plicaria
  • Melania (Stenomelania) plicaria var. cincta
  • Melania acuta
  • Melania anthracinca
  • Melania arroensis
  • Melania blossevilliana
  • Melania cacuminata
  • Melania corrugata
  • Melania flammulata
  • Melania fumosa
  • Melania funiculus
  • Melania hastula
  • Melania offachiensis
  • Melania scutulata
  • Melania subulata
  • Melanoides (Stenomelania) funiculus
  • Melanoides (Stenomelania) plicaria
  • Melanoides funiculus
  • Melanoides hastula
  • Melanoides plicaria
  • Melanoides plicarius
  • Stenomelania funiculus

References

  1. ↑ "Index rerum naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Verzeichniss der Natürlichen Seltenheiten des K.K. Naturalien Kabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil, Schalthiere". Vindobonae, ex officina Krausiana. 1778.
  2. ↑ Born, Ignaz; Vienna (Austria) (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis. Verzeichniss der Natürlichen Seltenheiten des K.K. Naturalien Kabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil, Schalthiere. Vindobonae: ex officina Krausiana.
  3. 1 2 3 "Stenomelania plicaria (Born 1780) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  4. ↑ "Stenomelania plicaria (Born, 1778)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  5. ↑ "Stenomelania plicaria (Born 1780) - sealifebase". sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  6. ↑ "Molluscabase - Stenomelania plicaria (Born, 1778)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
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