MolluscaBase - Potamides (Cerithidea) Swainson, 1840

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Potamides (Cerithidea) Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

870517 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870517)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Cerithidea Swainson, 1840

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Potamides Brongniart, 1810 †

Original name

Cerithidea Swainson, 1840

Direct children (9)

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Species Potamides (Cerithidea) babylonicus K. Martin, 1884 † accepted as Cerithidea babylonica (K. Martin, 1884) †
Species Potamides (Cerithidea) californica (Haldeman, 1840) accepted as Cerithideopsis californica (Haldeman, 1840) (unaccepted combination)
Species Potamides (Cerithidea) djadjariensis K. Martin, 1899 † accepted as Pirenella alata (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Potamides (Cerithidea) ickei K. Martin, 1916 † accepted as Cerithidea ickei (K. Martin, 1916) †
Species Potamides (Cerithidea) kanpokuensis Makiyama, 1926 † accepted as Cerithidea kanpokuensis (Makiyama, 1926) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Potamides (Cerithidea) preangerensis K. Martin, 1899 † accepted as Cerithidea preangerensis (K. Martin, 1899) †
Species Potamides (Cerithidea) progoensis K. Martin, 1916 † accepted as Cerithium progoense (K. Martin, 1916) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Potamides (Cerithidea) sucabumianus K. Martin, 1899 † accepted as Cerithidea sucabumiana (K. Martin, 1899) †
Species Potamides (Cerithidea) crassigranulosus Doncieux, 1908 † (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

(of Cerithidea Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 203, 342 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Potamides (Cerithidea) Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870517 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-02-20 07:34:57Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-01-04 19:10:18Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2024-02-15 18:35:40Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Cerithidea Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 203, 342 [details]