Pachycymbiola brasiliana

Pachycymbiola brasiliana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Pachycymbiola brasiliana
Preserved shell
Scientific 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[1]
  • Voluta colocynthis Dillwyn, 1817
  • Voluta brasiliana Lamarck, 1811
  • Adelomelon brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811)

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.

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