Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Pachychilidae | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Cerithioidea Rank Genus | |
Similar Jagora asperata, Pachychilidae, Doryssa, Jagora, Tylomelania perfecta | ||
Pseudopotamis is a genus of freshwater snails which have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae.
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Distribution
It occurs on the Torres Strait Islands.
A sister group (the closest relative) of Pseudopotamis is genus Tylomelania. Pseudopotamis and Tylomelania split in the Middle Miocene c. 19.5 Mya.
Species
Species within the genus Pseudopotamis include:
Description
Pallial oviduct evolved into an uterine brood (that release shelled juvenile snails).
Ecology
Species in the genus Pseudopotamis are ovoviviparous.
References
Pseudopotamis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA