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Potamides (Ptychopotamides)

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Potamides (Ptychopotamides) was named by Sacco (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Plio].

It was Tympanotonos (Ptychopotamides) by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); it was reranked as Ptychopotamides by Harzhauser (2002), Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Tympanotonos by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Potamididae by Harzhauser (2002); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Potamides by Sacco (1895), Marquet (1997), Mandic and Steininger (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Potamides acutus, Potamides acutus, Potamides amoricus, Potamides angulosus, Potamides annulatus, Potamides aspalagensis, Potamides baccatum, Potamides bicostatus, Potamides bocapanensis, Potamides cahobasensis, Potamides caobensis, Potamides carbonica, Potamides cinctum, Potamides cinctus, Potamides cinctus, Potamides concava, Potamides concavus, Potamides confluens, Potamides conjunctus, Potamides conoideus, Potamides cordieri, Potamides cornutus, Potamides cornutus, Potamides crassicostatus, Potamides cristatus, Potamides cristatus, Potamides cylindraceus, Potamides discolor, Potamides disjunctus, Potamides disjunctus, Potamides dixoni, Potamides dujardini, Potamides duplex, Potamides durranus, Potamides einctus, Potamides figolinum, Potamides fulvarupis, Potamides funatum, Potamides gamlitzensis, Potamides girondicus, Potamides hartbergensis, Potamides hillsboroensis, Potamides huzitai, Potamides infraliratus, Potamides interruptus, Potamides interruptus, Potamides labyrinthus, Potamides lamarkii, Potamides lapidum, Potamides lapidum, Potamides lewisana, Potamides margaritaceus, Potamides menkrawitensis, Potamides micraulax, Potamides mitralis, Potamides mixtus, Potamides nimpha, Potamides nodosoplicatum, Potamides nodosoplicatus, Potamides obscurus, Potamides ormei, Potamides ornata, Potamides packardi, Potamides pakistanicus, Potamides papaveraceas, Potamides patagonensis, Potamides perditus, Potamides perditus, Potamides plicatum, Potamides plicifera, Potamides qararaensis, Potamides scalaroides, Potamides scalaroides, Potamides scalatus, Potamides semicoronatus, Potamides semicoronatus, Potamides subcinctum, Potamides taitboutii, Potamides tayamaia, Potamides temalacensis, Potamides transecta, Potamides tricinctus, Potamides tricinctus, Potamides tristriatus, Potamides tristriatus, Potamides trochlearispina, Potamides vagus, Potamides variabilis, Potamides variesculptus, Potamides ventricosum, Potamides ventricosus, Potamides wardi, Potamides woodringi, Potamides zitteli, Ptychopotamides ancestralus, Ptychopotamides thenensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Potamides (Ptychopotamides) Sacco
1995Tympanotonos (Ptychopotamides) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
1997Potamides (Ptychopotamides) Marquet p. 9
2002Ptychopotamides Harzhauser p. 75
2002Ptychopotamides Sepkoski
2003Potamides (Ptychopotamides) Mandic and Steininger p. 271

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusPotamidesBrongniart 1810
subgenusPtychopotamidesSacco 1895

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. †Potamides (Ptychopotamides) Sacco 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Gelasian or 72.20000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) Ptychopotamides ancestralus (7461)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland Ptychopotamides sp. (27018 27019 27020)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Centre) Potamides papaveraceus (178085)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Picardie) Potamides einctus (178083)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Potamides cinctus (171526) Potamides einctus (178088) Potamides papaveraceas (65072)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Potamides baccatum (102230)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Essonne) Potamides subcinctum (9078 9079 9098 9114 9169 9171 9172 9269)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium Ptychopotamides thenensis (111373)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Greece Potamides papaveraceus (172003)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Austria Ptychopotamides papaveraceus (77622 77624 77625 77626 77627 77629)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Potamides cinctus (111599)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Centre) Potamides papaveraceus (179581)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy Potamides tricinctus (78335 78336 78337 78338)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium (Antwerpen) Potamides tricinctus (67030)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Cerithium tricinctum (84759 84819)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Belgium Potamides tricinctus (76985)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Potamides tricinctus (178457 178779)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Cerithium tricinctum (84833 84834)