| Pachychilus |
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| Two shells of Pachychilus laevissimus |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| Subclass: |
Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Cerithioidea |
| Family: |
Pachychilidae |
| Genus: |
Pachychilus
I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 |
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| Type species |
Melania laevissima G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
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| Synonyms |
- Cercimelania P. Fischer & Crosse, 1892 (invalid: unnecessary replacement name for Pachychilus)
- Melania (Pachychilus) I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851
- Oxymelania Crosse & P. Fischer, 1892
- Pachycheilus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Pachychilus)
- Pachychilus (Glyptomelania) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1892· accepted, alternate representation
- Pachychilus (Oxymelania) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1892· accepted, alternate representation
- Pachychilus (Pachychilus) I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851· accepted, alternate representation
- Pachychilus (Pilsbrychilus) J. P. E. Morrison, 1951 (junior synonym of Pachychilus)
- Pachychilus (Potamanax) Pilsbry, 1893· accepted, alternate representation
- Sphaeromelania Rovereto, 1899 (invalid: unnecessary replacement name for Pachychilus)
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Pachychilus, common name the jute snails, is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.
Pachychilus is the type genus of the family Pachychilidae.