Potamides (gastropod)
Appearance
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Genus: | Potamides Brongniart, 1810
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Pirenella Gray, 1847 |
Potamides is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Potamididae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Potamides include:
- Potamides conicus (Blainville, 1829)[2]
- and other extinct taxa
Fossil record
Fossils of Potamides are found in marine strata from the Permian to the Quaternary(age range: from 265.0 to 1.806 million years ago.). Fossils are known from many localities in Europe, Indonesia, Africa, North America, South America, Pakistan, Japan and Cambodia.[3]
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Fossil shells of Potamides tricarinatus from Eocene of Italy
References
- ^ a b Potamides Brongniart, 1810. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Potamides conicus (Blainville, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ The Paleobiology Database
External links
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