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Potamididae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

23100  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23100)

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Family
Potamidinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Genus Bittiscala H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
  2. Genus Caballasea DeVries, 2018 †
  3. Genus Canaliscala Cossmann, 1888 †
  4. Genus Cerithidea Swainson, 1840
  5. Genus Cerithideopsis Thiele, 1929
  6. Genus Cerithiomorpha Hacobjan, 1976 †
  7. Genus Dentimides Landau, C. M. Silva & Heitz, 2016 †
  8. Genus Diplocyma Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935 †
  9. Genus Diptychochilus Cossmann, 1908 †
  10. Genus Dircella Sohl, 1961 †
  11. Genus Echinoaxis Kiel & Aranda-Manteca, 2002 †
  12. Genus Echinobathra Cossmann, 1906 †
  13. Genus Eotympanotonus Chavan, 1952 †
  14. Genus Hadraxon Oppenheim, 1892 †
  15. Genus Harrisianella Olsson, 1929 †
  16. Genus Menkrawia Beets, 1941 †
  17. Genus Mesohalina Wittibschlager, 1983 †
  18. Genus Nodifaunus Olsson, 1944 †
  19. Genus Pirenella J. E. Gray, 1847
  20. Genus Potamides Brongniart, 1810 †
  21. Genus Ptychopotamides Sacco, 1895 †
  22. Genus Pyrazisinus Heilprin, 1886 †
  23. Genus Szaboella Bandel & F. Riedel, 1994 †
  24. Genus Telescopium Montfort, 1810
  25. Genus Terebralia Swainson, 1840
  26. Genus Theodiscella Harzhauser, Guzhov & Landau, 2025
  27. Genus Trempotamides Dominici & Kowalke, 2014 †
  28. Genus Trocotaulax Olsson, 1944 †
  29. Genus Tympanotonos Schumacher, 1817
  30. Genus Varicipotamides Pacaud & Harzhauser, 2013 †
  31. Genus Vicarya d'Archiac, 1854
  32. Genus Vicaryella Yabe & Hatai, 1938 †
  33. Genus Potamidopsis Munier-Chalmas, 1904 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  34. Genus Aphanistylus P. Fischer, 1884 accepted as Cerithidea Swainson, 1840
  35. Genus Cerithideopsilla Thiele, 1929 accepted as Pirenella J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Genus Diptycochilus [sic] † accepted as Diptychochilus Cossmann, 1908 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  37. Genus Djeddilia Jousseaume, 1894 accepted as Pirenella J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Genus Escoffieria Fontannes, 1880 † accepted as Potamides Brongniart, 1810 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Genus Exechestoma Cossmann, 1889 † accepted as Varicipotamides Pacaud & Harzhauser, 2013 † ((invalid: junior homonym of Exechestoma Brandt, 1837 [Cnidaria]; )
  40. Genus Phaenommia Mörch, 1860 accepted as Cerithidea Swainson, 1840
  41. Genus Potamis [sic] † accepted as Potamides Brongniart, 1810 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  42. Genus Tympanotomus [sic] accepted as Tympanotonos Schumacher, 1817 (misspelling by Gray, 1840)
  43. Genus Typhanotus accepted as Tympanotonos Schumacher, 1817 (misspelling)
  44. Genus Vycaria [sic] † accepted as Vicarya d'Archiac, 1854 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
(of Potamidinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 1: 286 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Potamididae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23100 on 2026-04-17
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Potamidinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 1: 286 [details] 

original description (of Telescopiidae J. K. Allan, 1950) Allan, J. [K.]. (1950). Australian Shells. With Related Animals Living in the Sea, in Freshwater and on Land [first edition. <em>Australiana Society Publication, Georgian House, Melbourne. p. xix.</em> 1-470. [details] 

original description (of Cerithideidae Houbrick, 1988) Houbrick, R. (1988). Cerithioidean phylogeny. In: Ponder, W. (ed), Prosobranch phylogeny. Proceedings of a Symposium held at the 9th International Malacological Congress, Edinburgh. <em>Malacological Review Supplement.</em> 4: 88-128.
page(s): 118 [details] 

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Reid, D.G., Dyal, P., Lozouet, P., Glaubrecht, M. & Williams, S.T. (2008) Mudwhelks and mangroves: the evolutionary history of an ecological association (Gastropoda: Potamididae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 680­-699., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.003 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Ozawa, T.; Köhler, F.; Reid, D. G.; Glaubrecht, M. (2009). Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 38, 503-525., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00390.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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