Potamides silverdalensis Richards 1943 (horn snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae

Full reference: H. G. Richards. 1943. Additions to the Fauna of the Trent Marl of North Carolina. Journal of Paleontology 17(5):518-526

Belongs to Potamides according to H. G. Richards 1943

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 sisophonensis, Potamides suprasulcatus, Potamides trituberculatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Silverdale Marl Quarry, which is in an Oligocene coastal sandstone in the Belgrade Formation of North Carolina

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Silverdale Marl Quarry

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