Potadoma

Potadoma is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Pachychilidae.[1] [2]

Potadoma
Shell of Potadoma freethi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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)

The species of this genus are found in Africa and Caribbean.[1]

Species:[1]

  • 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
  1. "Potadoma Swainson, 1840". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Potadoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057364 on 2022-02-07
  • Martens, E. von. (1901). Eine neue Süsswasserschnecke aus Kamerun. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. (1901): 26-27.
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