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Pachychilidae
Sign in to savePachychilidae, common name pachychilids, is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
- FamilyPachychilidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 915
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Pachychilidae
- Collections
- USNM, AM, TMAG
- Recorded in
- United States, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Madagascar, Lao People’S Democratic Republic
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cerithioidea
- Image
- Pachychilus laevisimus 004.JPG
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- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Pachychilidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Pachychilidae
- Commons category
- Pachychilidae
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Description
- Ecology
- Notes on the taxonomy
- Genera
- Cladogram
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pachychilidae, common name pachychilids, is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
== Distribution == thumb|left|The global distribution of the family Pachychilidae Pachychilids are freshwater snails with a worldwide distribution in the tropics. Representatives are found in South and Central America, Africa, Madagascar, South and South-east Asia and tropical Australia (Queensland: Torres Strait Islands).
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