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]

Species[edit]

Paracrostoma morrisoni Brandt, 1974: synonym of Brotia armata Brandt, 1968 (junior synonym)
Paracrostoma paludiformis Solem, 1966: synonym of Brotia paludiformis (Solem, 1966)
Paracrostoma pseudosulcospira (Brandt, 1968): synonym of Brotia pseudosulcospira Brandt, 1968
Paracrostoma solemiana (Brandt, 1968): synonym of Brotia solemiana Brandt, 1968

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Paracrostoma Cossmann, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738587 on 2021-12-05