Pachychilidae

Pachychilidae
Temporal range: Paleogene - recent
Two shells of Pachychilus laevissimus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pachychilidae
P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892
Type genus
Pachychilus
I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851
Diversity
191-226 extant species
Synonyms
  • Brotiinae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1987
  • Fauninae Cossmann, 1909
  • Melanatriinae Thiele, 1921
  • Potadomatinae Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Pachychilidae, common name pachychilids, is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.

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