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Genus of freshwater snails
Potadoma
Shell of Potadoma freethi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Potadoma Swainson, 1840
Type species
Melania freethi Gray, 1831
Synonyms
Goodrichia Clench, 1929 (junior synonym)
† Melania (Platymelania) Leriche, 1938 (junior subjective synonym)
Melania (Potadoma) Swainson, 1840 (considered a separate genus)
† Platymelania Leriche, 1938 (junior subjective synonym)
Rhinomelania E. von Martens, 1901 (junior synonym)
Semisinus (Rhinomelania) E. von Martens, 1901 (junior synonym)
Potadoma is a genus of
gastropods belonging to the family
Pachychilidae .
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The species of this genus are found in Africa and
Caribbean .
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Species:
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Potadoma alutacea Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Potadoma angulata Thiele, 1928
Potadoma bicarinata Mandahl-Barth, 1967
Potadoma bifidicincta (Cox, 1926)
Potadoma brevissima (Cox, 1926)
Potadoma buttikoferi (Schepman, 1888)
Potadoma emerenciae (Adam, 1959)
Potadoma freethi (Gray, 1831)
Potadoma graptoconus Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Potadoma ignobilis (Thiele, 1911)
Potadoma kadeii Samé-Ekobo & Kristensen, 1985
Potadoma kanyatsiae Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma kyeoroensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma liberiensis (Schepman, 1888)
Potadoma liricincta (E.A.Smith, 1888)
Potadoma lomekwiensis Williamson, 1985
Potadoma moerchi (Reeve, 1859)
Potadoma mupandae Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma nageli Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma nyakabingoensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma nyongensis Spence, 1928
Potadoma olivoidea Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma plicata Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma ponthiervillensis (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)
Potadoma rahmi E.Binder, 1955
Potadoma riperti Samé-Ekobo & Kristensen, 1985
Potadoma schoutedeni Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927
Potadoma sebugoroensis Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma sengae Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma spinifera Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma togoensis Thiele, 1928
Potadoma trochiformis (Clench, 1929)
Potadoma undulosa Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma unicincta Van Damme & Pickford, 2003
Potadoma vogelii E.Binder, 1955
Potadoma wansoni Bequaert & Clench, 1941
Potadoma zenkeri (E.von Martens, 1901)
Synonyms
Potadoma agglutinans Bequaert & Clench, 1941 : synonym of
Melanoides agglutinans (Bequaert & Clench, 1941) (original combination)
Potadoma bequaerti E. Binder, 1963 : synonym of Potadoma liberiensis (Schepman, 1888)
Potadoma ganahli Connolly, 1930 †: synonym of
Neothauma ganahli (Connolly, 1930) † (new combination)
Potadoma medjeorum Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 : synonym of Potadoma liricincta (E. A. Smith, 1888)
Potadoma mungwana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 : synonym of Potadoma ignobilis (Thiele, 1911) (junior synonym)
Potadoma pokoensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 : synonym of Potadoma liricincta (E. A. Smith, 1888) (junior synonym)
Potadoma superba Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927 : synonym of Potadoma ponthiervillensis (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900) (junior synonym)
Potadoma tigrinum Connolly, 1938 : synonym of Potadoma freethi tigrinum Connolly, 1938
Potadoma tornata (Martens, 1892) : synonym of Potadoma liricincta (E. A. Smith, 1888)
References
Martens, E. von. (1901). Eine neue Süsswasserschnecke aus Kamerun. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. (1901): 26-27.
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