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Potamides lewisiana

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Potamides lewisiana was named by Weaver (1912). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Olequah Creek, Cantwell place, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Potamides lewisiana Weaver p. 37
1938Potamides lewisiana Turner p. 82

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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
specieslewisiana

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.

†Potamides lewisiana Weaver 1912
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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 Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Potamides lewisiana (type locality: 238093)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Potamides lewisiana (43351)