Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Alternative spelling: Potamidopsis
Parent taxon: Potamides according to M. D. Perrilliat et al. 2006
See also Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Saul and Squires 1998, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1991 and Squires 1999
Sister taxa: Potamides (Lampanella), Potamides (Potamides), Potamides (Ptychopotamides), 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 occidentalis, Potamides roumaini, Potamides saltillensis, Potamides satillensis, Potamides sespeensis, Potamides silverdalensis, Potamides sisophonensis, Potamides suprasulcatus, Potamides trituberculatus
Subtaxa: Potamides (Potamidopsis) californica Potamides (Potamidopsis) tricarinatus Potamidopsis grovesi
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (6 collections), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (7: California)
• Paleocene of Greenland (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California)
Total: 20 collections including 23 occurrences