Mekongia rattei (Crosse & Fischer, 1876)

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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.958.53865

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AB196008-1542-49D4-B23E-1892D2191C18

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/38F3445D-BA46-59E5-AA86-89C84DAABE13

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scientific name

Mekongia rattei (Crosse & Fischer, 1876)
status

 

Mekongia rattei (Crosse & Fischer, 1876) Fig. 5G View Figure 5

Paludina rattei Crocsse & Fischer, 1876: 317. Type locality: "Stung Chinit, Cambodia".

Mekongia rattei : Brandt 1974: 44-45, pl. 3, figs 51, 52.

Material examined.

CIFI.MOL.042, MUMNH.VIV.001, MUMNH.VIV.002, MUMNH.VIV.003, ZRC.MOL.015744, ZRC.MOL.015745, ZRC.MOL.015743.

Distribution and habitat.

Tonle Sap Lake; Chi Kraeng River and Sreng River in Siem Reap Province; Phumi Phsar River in Kampong Chhnang Province (locality no. 7, 8, 11, 13, 16, 20, 24, 27, 36, 37 and 39).

Remarks.

Mekongia rattei is sold in local markets surrounding the Lake. This species along with Corbicula spp. are commercially harvested from the Lake to be sold locally and exported abroad for human consumption and as animal feed in local poultry farms (Fig. 4B View Figure 4 ). Another record of Mekongia from the Tonle Sap basin and surrounding drainages is Mekongia swainsoni (see Brandt 1974; Ngor et al. 2018d). Mekongia rattei differs from Mekongia swainsoni by its larger size and conic shape of spire.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Architaenioglossa

Family

Viviparidae

Genus

Mekongia

Loc

Mekongia rattei (Crosse & Fischer, 1876)

Ng, Ting Hui, Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Chhuoy, Samol, Pin, Kakada, Pholyotha, Arthit, Siriwut, Warut, Srisonchai, Ruttapon, Hogan, Zeb S. & Ngor, Peng Bun 2020
2020
Loc

Paludina rattei

Crosse & P. Fischer 1876
1876