Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811) is a animal in the Volutidae family, order Neogastropoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)

Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)

Pachycymbiola brasiliana is a species that produces distinctive gelatinous egg orbs, found from southern Brazil to northern Argentina.

Family
Genus
Pachycymbiola
Order
Neogastropoda
Class
Gastropoda

About Pachycymbiola brasiliana (Lamarck, 1811)

Pachycymbiola brasiliana produces hundreds of translucent orbs. These orbs are firm to the touch, and filled with a thick gelatinous liquid. To the eye, the eggs of this species may look unusual, almost alien. Pachycymbiola brasiliana is distributed from southern Brazil, through Uruguay, to northern Argentina.

Photo: (c) Roberto Guller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Roberto Guller · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Neogastropoda Volutidae Pachycymbiola

More from Volutidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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