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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Brandt (1974) notes the type locality for the species as Singapore. The species is distributed in southeast Asia from southern Thailand (Brandt (1974) listed localities for Thailand as including the Tapi River, the Tale Luang (Songkhla Lake) and the Chantaburi River) and possibly southern Myanmar, to Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Indonesia (Sumatera); Japan; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Philippines; Singapore; Thailand
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Population [top]
Population: No information is available on the population status for this species.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Brandt (1974) lists the habitat as "fresh and brackish water, in estuaries of rivers and in large lakes but also found in one population about 120 km away from the sea. The animals live attached by their byssus to stones, poles and larger molluscs."
Systems: Freshwater
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: The species is not used.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): No information on threats to this species was found.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Research into the species current distribution, ecology, and threats is needed.
Citation: Bogan, A. 2012. Brachidontes arcuatulus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T171817A1332749. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T171817A1332749.en. Downloaded on 16 March 2017.
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