| Pachycymbiola brasiliana | |
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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] | |
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Pachycymbiola brasiliana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]
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.
The gastrotrichs, commonly referred to as hairybellies or hairybacks, are a group of microscopic (0.06–3.0 mm), cylindrical, acoelomate animals, and are widely distributed and abundant in freshwater and marine environments. They are mostly benthic and live within the periphyton, the layer of tiny organisms and detritus that is found on the seabed and the beds of other water bodies. The majority live on and between particles of sediment or on other submerged surfaces, but a few species are terrestrial and live on land in the film of water surrounding grains of soil. Gastrotrichs are divided into two orders, the Macrodasyida which are marine, and the Chaetonotida, some of which are marine and some freshwater. Nearly 800 species of gastrotrich have been described.
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Tonna galea, commonly known as the giant tun, is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae. This very large sea snail or tun snail is found in the North Atlantic Ocean as far as the coast of West Africa, in the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean Sea. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
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Hinea is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Planaxidae.
Hinea brasiliana, common name the yellow-coated clusterwink, is a species of small sea snail, a gastropod mollusc in the family Planaxidae. It is native to New Zealand and southeastern Australia where it is found in the littoral zone of rocky shores. It is one of only a few sea snail species able to bioluminesce.
Voluta is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Volvarina brasiliana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Pachycymbiola scoresbyanum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Adelomelon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Olivancillaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Olivancillariinae of the family Olividae.
Borsonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
Arene brasiliana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Areneidae.
Arcinella is a genus of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.
Anetarca is a genus of sea slugs, specifically of aeolid nudibranchs.
Anetarca brasiliana is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Borsonia brasiliana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
