{{Short description|Genus of freshwater snails}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Potadoma freethi (MNHN-IM-2000-33274).jpeg |image_caption = Shell of ''Potadoma freethi'' (syntype at MNHN, Paris) |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Potadoma |authority = Swainson, 1840 |type_species = ''Melania freethi'' |type_species_authority = Gray, 1831 |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = * ''Goodrichia'' <small>Clench, 1929</small> (junior synonym) * † ''Melania (Platymelania)'' <small>Leriche, 1938</small> (junior subjective synonym) * ''Melania (Potadoma)'' <small>Swainson, 1840</small> (considered a separate genus) * † ''Platymelania'' <small>Leriche, 1938</small> (junior subjective synonym) * ''Rhinomelania'' <small>E. von Martens, 1901</small> (junior synonym) * ''Semisinus (Rhinomelania)'' <small>E. von Martens, 1901</small> (junior synonym) }}
'''''Potadoma''''' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Pachychilidae.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Potadoma Swainson, 1840 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4608236 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=17 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Potadoma Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057364 on 2022-02-07</ref>
The species of this genus are found in Africa and Caribbean.<ref name="GBIF" />
Species:<ref name="GBIF" /> *''Potadoma alutacea'' {{small|Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927}} *''Potadoma angulata'' {{small|Thiele, 1928}} *''Potadoma bicarinata'' {{small|Mandahl-Barth, 1967}} *''Potadoma bifidicincta'' {{small|(Cox, 1926)}} *''Potadoma brevissima'' {{small|(Cox, 1926)}} *''Potadoma buttikoferi'' {{small|(Schepman, 1888)}} *''Potadoma emerenciae'' {{small|(Adam, 1959)}} *''Potadoma freethi'' {{small|(Gray, 1831)}} *''Potadoma graptoconus'' {{small|Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927}} *''Potadoma ignobilis'' {{small|(Thiele, 1911)}} *''Potadoma kadeii'' {{small|Samé-Ekobo & Kristensen, 1985}} *''Potadoma kanyatsiae'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma kyeoroensis'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma liberiensis'' {{small|(Schepman, 1888)}} *''Potadoma liricincta'' {{small|(E.A.Smith, 1888)}} *''Potadoma lomekwiensis'' {{small|Williamson, 1985}} *''Potadoma moerchi'' {{small|(Reeve, 1859)}} *''Potadoma mupandae'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma nageli'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma nyakabingoensis'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma nyongensis'' {{small|Spence, 1928}} *''Potadoma olivoidea'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma plicata'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma ponthiervillensis'' {{small|(Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)}} *''Potadoma rahmi'' {{small|E.Binder, 1955}} *''Potadoma riperti'' {{small|Samé-Ekobo & Kristensen, 1985}} *''Potadoma schoutedeni'' {{small|Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927}} *''Potadoma sebugoroensis'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma sengae'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma spinifera'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma togoensis'' {{small|Thiele, 1928}} *''Potadoma trochiformis'' {{small|(Clench, 1929)}} *''Potadoma undulosa'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma unicincta'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}} *''Potadoma vogelii'' {{small|E.Binder, 1955}} *''Potadoma wansoni'' {{small|Bequaert & Clench, 1941}} *''Potadoma zenkeri'' {{small|(E.von Martens, 1901)}} ;Synonyms: * ''Potadoma agglutinans'' <small>Bequaert & Clench, 1941</small>: synonym of ''Melanoides agglutinans'' <small>(Bequaert & Clench, 1941)</small> (original combination) * ''Potadoma bequaerti'' <small>E. Binder, 1963</small>: synonym of ''Potadoma liberiensis'' <small>(Schepman, 1888)</small> * ''Potadoma ganahli'' <small>Connolly, 1930</small> †: synonym of ''Neothauma ganahli'' <small>(Connolly, 1930)</small> † (new combination) * ''Potadoma medjeorum'' <small>Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927</small>: synonym of ''Potadoma liricincta'' <small>(E. A. Smith, 1888)</small> * ''Potadoma mungwana'' <small>Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927</small>: synonym of ''Potadoma ignobilis'' <small>(Thiele, 1911)</small> (junior synonym) * ''Potadoma pokoensis'' <small>Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927</small>: synonym of ''Potadoma liricincta'' <small>(E. A. Smith, 1888)</small> (junior synonym) * ''Potadoma superba'' <small>Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927</small>: synonym of ''Potadoma ponthiervillensis'' (<small>Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)</small> (junior synonym) * ''Potadoma tigrinum'' <small>Connolly, 1938</small>: synonym of ''Potadoma freethi tigrinum'' <small>Connolly, 1938</small> * ''Potadoma tornata'' <small>(Martens, 1892)</small>: synonym of ''Potadoma liricincta'' <small>(E. A. Smith, 1888)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} * Martens, E. von. (1901). Eine neue Süsswasserschnecke aus Kamerun. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. (1901): 26-27.
==External links== * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp.] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2774435 Clench, W. J. (1929). Some records and descriptions of new fresh-water mollusks from Cameroon. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 69(6):117–123]
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Category:Pachychilidae Category:Gastropod genera