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Potamididae
''Potamididae'', common name potamidids (also known as horn snails or mudwhelks) are a family (biology), family of small to large brackish water snails that live on mud flats, mangroves and similar habitats. They are amphibious gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea. Traditionally, potamidids and Batillariidae, 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 family (biology), families is still unresolved or controversial. According to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Potamididae has no subfamilies. Distribution The distribution of Potamididae includes the Indo-West Pacific, the eastern Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean. Genera Six living and a number of fossil genera are currently recognized: Recent genera: * ''Cerithidea'' Swainson, 1840 * ''Cerithideopsis' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerithidea
''Cerithidea'' is a genus of medium-sized sea snails or mud snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Potamididae, the horn snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithidea Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204619 on 2020-08-01 Species There used to be three subgeneraHoubrick R. S. (1984). "Revision of higher taxa in genus ''Cerithidea'' (Mesogastropoda: Potamididae) based on comparative morphology and biological data". ''American Malacological Bulletin'' 2: 1-20PDF in the genus ''Cerithidea'': subgenus ''Cerithea'', subgenus ''Cerithideopsis'' and subgenus ''Cerithideopsilla''. These have been brought to the status of genus. * ''Cerithidea andamanensis'' Reid, 2014 * ''Cerithidea anticipata'' Iredale, 1929 * ''Cerithidea balteata'' A. Adams, 1855 * † ''Cerithidea bifurcata'' Kilburn & Tankard, 1975 * ''Cerithidea charbonnieri'' (Petit d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |