Potamididae
Potamididae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Potamididae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 |
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Potamididae, common name potamidids (also known as horn snails or mudwhelks) are a family of small to large brackish water snails that live on mud flats, mangroves and similar habitats.[1] They are amphibious gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.
Traditionally, potamidids and batillariids have been confused because they have similar shells and they live in similar environments. For many fossil taxa the family assignment to either of these two families is still unresolved or controversial.[1]
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Potamididae has no subfamilies.[2]
Distribution[]
The distribution of Potamididae includes the Indo-West Pacific, the eastern Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean.[1]
Genera[]
Six living and a number of fossil genera are currently recognized:[1]
Recent genera:[1]
- Cerithidea Swainson, 1840
- Cerithideopsis Thiele, 1929
- Cerithideopsilla Thiele, 1929 - synonym: Pirenella Gray, 1847[1] (or of Potamides)[4]
- Telescopium Montfort, 1810
- Terebralia Swainson, 1840
- Tympanotonos Schumacher, 1817
Fossil genera (fossils are difficult to differentiate from other cerithioideans, such as the Batillariidae):
- † Finlay & Marwick, 1937[3][unreliable source?]
- † Chavan, 1949[1]
- † Cossmann, 1888[3][unreliable source?]
- † Cossmann, 1906[1]
- † Cossmann, 1899[3][unreliable source?]
- † Kowalke, 2001[3][unreliable source?]
- † Oppenheim, 1892[1]
- † Potamides Brongniart, 1810 - type genus, its type species is extinct[2] and the whole genus is extinct,[1] synonym: Pirenella Gray, 1847[4]
- † Munier-Chalmas, 1900[1]
- † Cossmann, 1906[1]
- Generic names brought into synonymy
- Aphanistylus P. Fischer, 1884: synonym of Cerithidea Swainson, 1840
- Phaenommia Mörch, 1860: synonym of Cerithidea Swainson, 1840
- Pirenella Gray, 1847 is a synonym of Potamides Brongniart, 1810[4] or of Cerithideopsilla[1]
- Tympanotomus Gray, 1840: synonym of Tympanotonos Schumacher, 1817
- Tympanotonus Agassiz, 1846: synonym of Tympanotonos Schumacher, 1817
Ecology[]
Most of the 29 living species of Potamididae show a close association with mangroves. Most species live on mudflats, but some also climb mangrove trees.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Reid, D. G.; Dyal, P.; Lozouet, P.; Glaubrecht, M.; Williams, S. T. (2008). "Mudwhelks and mangroves: The evolutionary history of an ecological association (Gastropoda: Potamididae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (2): 680–699. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.003. PMID 18359643.
- ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ a b c d e f g Potamididae. The Paleobiology Database, Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ a b c WoRMS (2010). Potamides Brongniart, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138374 on 2011-04-10
External links[]
Media related to Potamididae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Potamididae at Wikispecies
- Potamididae
- Gastropod families
- Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist)
- Taxa named by Henry Adams (zoologist)