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'''''Potamididae''''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]]s of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Mesogastropoda]]. They are tall-[[spire (mollusc)|spire]]d shells, with a rounded [[aperture (mollusc)|aperture]] and a very short |
'''''Potamididae''''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]]s of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Mesogastropoda]]. They are tall-[[spire (mollusc)|spire]]d shells, with a rounded [[aperture (mollusc)|aperture]] and a very short [[siphonal canal]]. They are mostly intertidal, in muddy situations, in [[tropical]] and [[temperate]] seas. |
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Potamididae is a family of marine gastropod molluscs of the order Mesogastropoda. They are tall-spired shells, with a rounded aperture and a very short siphonal canal. They are mostly intertidal, in muddy situations, in tropical and temperate seas.
Genera
- Battilaria
- Cerithidea
- Cerithidea Swainson, 1840
- Faunus
- Pirenella
- Rhinocoryne
- Telescopium
- Terebralia
- Tympanotonus
- Zeacumantus Finlay, 1927