Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Alternative spellings: Potamides (Cerithidea), Potomides (Cerithidea)
Parent taxon: Potamididae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Clark 1918, Clark and Arnold 1923, Ladd 1972, MacNeil 1960, Oostingh 1935, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Shuto 1978, Skwarko 1994, Todd 2001 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Canaliscala, Urgonella, Atractostoma
Subtaxa: Cerithidea (Cerithidea) Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) Cerithidea (Cerithideopsis) Cerithidea anguillana Cerithidea anticipata Cerithidea boweni Cerithidea costatus Cerithidea decollata Cerithidea pulchra Cerithidea scalariformis Cerithidea tokunariensis Cerithidea valida Potamides (Cerithidea) branneri Potamides (Cerithidea) djadariensis Potamides (Cerithidea) fluviatilis Potamides (Cerithidea) sindiensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cuba (1 collection), Eritrea (1), Japan (3), Mexico (3), Panama (3), Peru (2), the Philippines (1), the Seychelles (1), United States (30: California, Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of India (1), Indonesia (6), Mexico (2), Pakistan (1), the Philippines (2), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Indonesia (4), Japan (13), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Pakistan (3)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Japan (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (2), Japan (3), Peru (1), Spain (31)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: California)
Total: 124 collections including 156 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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