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Paracrostoma

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Paracrostoma
Shell of Paracrostoma huberi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Paracrostoma
Cossmann, 1900
Type species
Melania huegelii Philippi, 1843
Synonyms
  • Acrostoma Brot, 1871 (invalid: junior homonym of Acrostoma Le Sauvage, 1827 [Platyhelminthes]; Brotella and Paracrostoma are replacement names)
  • Brotella Rovereto, 1899 (invalid: junior homonym of Brotella Kaup, 1858 [Pisces]; Paracrostoma is a replacement name)
  • Brotia (Paracrostoma) (original rank)
  • Melania (Acrostoma) Brot, 1871 (name invalid (preoccupied))

Paracrostoma is a genus of Southeast Asian freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family Pachychilidae.[1]

Species

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Species inquirendum
  • Paracrostoma huberi Thach, 2018
Synonyms

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Paracrostoma Cossmann, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738587 on 2021-12-05
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