Pseudopotamis | |
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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.