Pachycymbiola brasiliana

Pachycymbiola brasiliana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Pachycymbiola brasiliana
Preserved shell
Scientific classification
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]
Voluta colocynthis Dillwyn, 1817 Voluta brasiliana Lamarck, 1811 Adelomelon brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811) Adelomelon (Pachycymbiola) brasilianum (Lamarck, 1811)

Description

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.

Egg capsule