Potamididae

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Potamididae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene [1] -Recent
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Potamididae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Synonyms
  • Telescopiidae Allan, 1950
  • Cerithideidae Houbrick, 1988

Potamididae, common name potamidids (also known as horn snails or mudwhelks) are a family of small to large brackish water snails that live on mud flats, mangroves and similar habitats. [1] They are amphibious gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.

Contents

Traditionally, potamidids and batillariids have been confused because they have similar shells and they live in similar environments. For many fossil taxa the family assignment to either of these two families is still unresolved or controversial. [1]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Potamididae has no subfamilies. [2]

Distribution

The distribution of Potamididae includes the Indo-West Pacific, the eastern Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean. [1]

Genera

Six living and a number of fossil genera are currently recognized: [1]

Recent genera: [1]

Fossil genera (fossils are difficult to differentiate from other cerithioideans, such as the Batillariidae):

Generic names brought into synonymy

Ecology

Most of the 29 living species of Potamididae show a close association with mangroves. Most species live on mudflats, but some also climb mangrove trees. [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
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