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Pachycymbiola brasiliana

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(Redirected from Adelomelon brasiliana) Species of gastropod

Pachycymbiola brasiliana
Preserved shell
Preserved shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Pachycymbiola
Species: P. brasiliana
Binomial name
Pachycymbiola brasiliana
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Voluta colocynthis Dillwyn, 1817
  • Voluta brasiliana Lamarck, 1811
  • Adelomelon brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811)

Pachycymbiola brasiliana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Description

Pachycymbiola brasiliana produces hundreds of translucent orbs. They are firm to the touch but filled with a thick gelatinous liquid. The eggs might look alien to the eye. Pachycymbiola brasiliana is located from southern Brazil, through Uruguay to northern Argentina.

Egg capsule

References

  1. ^ Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2024.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Adelomelon brasilianum


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