Paracrostoma

Paracrostoma
	Shell of Paracrostoma huberi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Paracrostoma; Cossmann, 1900
Type species
	Melania huegelii Philippi, 1843;
Synonyms
	Acrostoma Brot, 1871 (invalid: junior homonym of Acrostoma Le Sauvage, 1827 [Platyhelminthes]; Brotella and Paracrostoma are replacement names); Brotella Rovereto, 1899 (invalid: junior homonym of Brotella Kaup, 1858 [Pisces]; Paracrostoma is a replacement name); Brotia (Paracrostoma) (original rank); Melania (Acrostoma) Brot, 1871 (name invalid (preoccupied));

Paracrostoma is a genus of Southeast Asian freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the taxonomic family Pachychilidae.^[1]

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Paracrostoma

Shell of Paracrostoma huberi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Paracrostoma Cossmann, 1900
Type species
Melania huegelii Philippi, 1843
Synonyms
Acrostoma Brot, 1871 (invalid: junior homonym of Acrostoma Le Sauvage, 1827 [Platyhelminthes]; Brotella and Paracrostoma are replacement names) Brotella Rovereto, 1899 (invalid: junior homonym of Brotella Kaup, 1858 [Pisces]; Paracrostoma is a replacement name) Brotia (Paracrostoma) (original rank) Melania (Acrostoma) Brot, 1871 (name invalid (preoccupied))