Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Alternative spellings: Ptychopotamides, Tympanotonos (Ptychopotamides)
Parent taxon: Potamides according to O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger 2003
See also Harzhauser 2002, Marquet 1997, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Potamides (Lampanella), Potamides (Potamides), Potamides (Potamidopsis), Potamides archiaci, Potamides avus, Potamides cancelloides, Potamides caobasensis, Potamides carbonicola, Potamides chira, Potamides corrugatum, Potamides diadema, Potamides gracilior, Potamides henryi, Potamides hondensis, Potamides huzutai, Potamides isabenense, Potamides janeae, Potamides lamarcki, Potamides lamarckii, Potamides lewisiana, Potamides maracaibensis, Potamides matsoni, Potamides mosaliensis, Potamides occidentalis, Potamides roumaini, Potamides saltillensis, Potamides satillensis, Potamides sespeensis, Potamides shahensis, Potamides silverdalensis, Potamides sisophonensis, Potamides suprasulcatus, Potamides trituberculatus
Subtaxa: Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus Ptychopotamides papaveraceus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Italy (2), the United Kingdom (2)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Italy (4), the United Kingdom (2)
• Miocene of Austria (6), France (1), Germany (1), Greece (2)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (8)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), France (5)
• Paleocene of Poland (3)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence