Sulcospira Troschel, 1858

Marwoto, Ristiyanti M. & Isnaningsih, Nur R., 2012, The Freshwater Snail Genus Sulcospira Troschel, 1857 From Java, With Description Of A New Species From Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pachychilidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (1), pp. 1-10 : 2

Sulcospira Troschel, 1858

Sulcospira: Troschel, 1858: 117–118 ; Thiele, 1931: 190; Wenz, 1938: 688; Morrison, 1954: 357; van Benthem Jutting 1956: 378; Köhler & Glaubrecht 2005: 16–26; Köhler, et al., 2008: 331–339; Köhler et al., 2009: 127–141; Köhler & Dames, 2009: 679–699.

Adamietta: Brandt, 1974: 171 (type species Melania housei I. Lea, 1856 ).

Type species. — Sulcospira typica Troschel, 1885 (= Melania sulcospira Mousson, 1849 ), by original designation.

Diagnosis. — Shell rather conical, with spiral lirae but lacking axial lirae. Operculum with 4–6 whorls. Protoconch smooth and inflated, with up to two whorls possessing a fine granular texture or faint growth lines.