| Pseudopotamis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pachychilidae |
| Genus: |
Pseudopotamis von Martens, 1894 |
| Diversity | |
| 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.
A sister group (the closest relative) of Pseudopotamis is genus Tylomelania.Pseudopotamis and Tylomelania split in the Middle Miocene c. 19.5 Mya.
Species within the genus Pseudopotamis include:
Pallial oviduct evolved into an uterine brood (that release shelled juvenile snails).
Species in the genus Pseudopotamis are ovoviviparous.