''Pachybathron'' is a
genus
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of very small
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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or
micromollusk
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in the subfamily
Cystiscinae
Cystiscinae are a taxonomic subfamily of minute sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Cystiscidae, and the clade Neogastropoda.
Diagnosis
Shell minute to small, white; spire immersed to low; surface sm ...
of the
family
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Cystiscidae
Cystiscidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks.
Description
The shell is minute to large, either white, uniformly colored, or patterned; the surface is smooth, sculptured, or axially costate; ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pachybathron'' include:
*''
Pachybathron cassidiforme''
Gaskoin, 1853
*''
Pachybathron cypraeoides''
( Adams, 1845)
* ''
Pachybathron guadeloupense''
Boyer & Lamy, 2014
*''
Pachybathron kienerianum
''Pachybathron kienerianum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae.. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republi ...
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(Petit de la Saussaye Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye (1792–1870)Coan E. V. & Kabat A. R. (2017). ''2,400 years of malacology, 14th ed.'', 1,443 pp. + 110 pp. nnex 1 – Book Collations+ 65 pp. nnex 2 – Küster Collation 51 pp. nnex 3 – Journal Coll ...
, 1838)
*''
Pachybathron olssoni''
Wakefield, Boyer & McCleery, 2002
*''
Pachybathron tayrona''
Díaz & Velásquez, 1987
Synonym:
* ''Pachybathron guadeloupensis''
Boyer & Lamy, 2014: synonym of ''Pachybathron guadeloupense''
Boyer & Lamy, 2014 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
*''Pachybathron marginelloideum''
Gaskoin, 1853: synonym of ''
Pachybathron cypraeoides''
( Adams, 1845)
References
* Paulmier G. (1997). Trois mollusques nouveaux du plateau insulaire martiniquais. Annales de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de la Charente-Maritime. 8(6): 733-748.
Cystiscidae
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