Pachymelania
Encyclopedia
Pachymelania is a genus
of freshwater snail
s, gastropod mollusks in the family
Thiaridae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of freshwater snail
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s, gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Thiaridae
Thiaridae
Thiaridae, common name thiarids, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea....
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Species
Species within the genus Pachymelania include:- Pachymelania auritaPachymelania auritaPachymelania aurita is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae....
(O. F. Müller, 1774) - Pachymelania byronensisPachymelania byronensisPachymelania byronensis is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae....
Gray - Pachymelania fuscaPachymelania fuscaPachymelania fusca is a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae....
(Gmelin, 1790)