Paracrostoma

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

Paracrostoma
Shell of Paracrostoma huberi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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))

Species

• Paracrostoma huegelii (Philippi, 1843)
• Paracrostoma martini Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2007
• Paracrostoma tigrina Köhler & Glaubrecht, 2007

Species inquirendum

• Paracrostoma huberi Thach, 2018

Synonyms

• 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