Pseudopotamis
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| Pseudopotamis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: | Pseudopotamis von Martens, 1894[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 2 species | |
Pseudopotamis is a genus of freshwater snails which have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae.
It occurs on the Torres Strait Islands.[2]
A sister group (the closest relative) of Pseudopotamis is genus Tylomelania.[2] Pseudopotamis and Tylomelania split in the Middle Miocene c. 19.5 Mya.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Pseudopotamis include:
- Pseudopotamis semoni Martens, 1894[3]
- Pseudopotamis supralirata (E. A. Smith, 1887) - synonym: Pseudopotamis finschi Martens, 1894 - type species[3]