Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Alternative combination: Cerithium suprasulcatus
Synonyms: Potamides (Lampanella) ormei Maury 1917, Potamides infraliteratus Speiker 1922, Potamides ormei Maury 1917, Potamides ormei infraliteratus Speiker 1922
Belongs to Potamides according to S. E. Hoerle 1972
See also Barrios 1960, Hendy et al. 2008, Olsson 1932 and Weisbord 1929
Sister taxa: Potamides (Lampanella), Potamides (Potamides), Potamides (Potamidopsis), 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 mosaliensis, Potamides occidentalis, Potamides roumaini, Potamides saltillensis, Potamides satillensis, Potamides sespeensis, Potamides shahensis, Potamides silverdalensis, Potamides sisophonensis, Potamides trituberculatus
Type specimens:
- Potamides suprasulcatus: ANSP 2600, a shell
- Potamides infraliteratus:
- Potamides ormei:
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Colombia (64), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Panama (8), Peru (5), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (6: Florida), Venezuela (3)
• Oligocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Haiti (1)
Total: 95 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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