''Potadoma'' is a genus of
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
s belonging to the family
Pachychilidae
Pachychilidae, common name pachychilids, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.Gofas, S. (2014). Pachychilidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
.
[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]
The species of this genus are found in Africa and
Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
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Species:
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Potadoma alutacea''
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Potadoma angulata''
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Potadoma bicarinata''
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Potadoma bifidicincta''
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Potadoma brevissima''
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Potadoma buttikoferi''
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Potadoma emerenciae''
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Potadoma freethi''
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Potadoma graptoconus''
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Potadoma ignobilis''
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Potadoma kadeii''
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Potadoma kanyatsiae''
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Potadoma kyeoroensis''
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Potadoma liberiensis''
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Potadoma liricincta''
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Potadoma lomekwiensis''
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Potadoma moerchi''
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Potadoma mupandae''
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Potadoma nageli''
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Potadoma nyakabingoensis''
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Potadoma nyongensis''
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Potadoma olivoidea''
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Potadoma plicata''
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Potadoma ponthiervillensis''
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Potadoma rahmi''
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Potadoma riperti''
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Potadoma schoutedeni''
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Potadoma sebugoroensis''
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Potadoma sengae''
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Potadoma spinifera''
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Potadoma togoensis''
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Potadoma trochiformis''
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Potadoma undulosa''
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Potadoma unicincta''
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Potadoma vogelii''
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Potadoma wansoni''
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Potadoma zenkeri''
;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.
External links
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp.Clench, W. J. (1929). Some records and descriptions of new fresh-water mollusks from Cameroon. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 69(6):117–123
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Pachychilidae
Gastropod genera