# Potadoma

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Potadoma
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Potadoma.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potadoma
> Source revision: 1349209485
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{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](/source/John_Edward_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 [gastropod](/source/gastropod)s belonging to the family [Pachychilidae](/source/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](/source/Caribbean).<ref name="GBIF" />

Species:<ref name="GBIF" />
*''[Potadoma alutacea](/source/Potadoma_alutacea)'' {{small|Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927}}
*''[Potadoma angulata](/source/Potadoma_angulata)'' {{small|Thiele, 1928}}
*''[Potadoma bicarinata](/source/Potadoma_bicarinata)'' {{small|Mandahl-Barth, 1967}}
*''[Potadoma bifidicincta](/source/Potadoma_bifidicincta)'' {{small|(Cox, 1926)}}
*''[Potadoma brevissima](/source/Potadoma_brevissima)'' {{small|(Cox, 1926)}}
*''[Potadoma buttikoferi](/source/Potadoma_buttikoferi)'' {{small|(Schepman, 1888)}}
*''[Potadoma emerenciae](/source/Potadoma_emerenciae)'' {{small|(Adam, 1959)}}
*''[Potadoma freethi](/source/Potadoma_freethi)'' {{small|(Gray, 1831)}}
*''[Potadoma graptoconus](/source/Potadoma_graptoconus)'' {{small|Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927}}
*''[Potadoma ignobilis](/source/Potadoma_ignobilis)'' {{small|(Thiele, 1911)}}
*''[Potadoma kadeii](/source/Potadoma_kadeii)'' {{small|Samé-Ekobo & Kristensen, 1985}}
*''[Potadoma kanyatsiae](/source/Potadoma_kanyatsiae)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma kyeoroensis](/source/Potadoma_kyeoroensis)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma liberiensis](/source/Potadoma_liberiensis)'' {{small|(Schepman, 1888)}}
*''[Potadoma liricincta](/source/Potadoma_liricincta)'' {{small|(E.A.Smith, 1888)}}
*''[Potadoma lomekwiensis](/source/Potadoma_lomekwiensis)'' {{small|Williamson, 1985}}
*''[Potadoma moerchi](/source/Potadoma_moerchi)'' {{small|(Reeve, 1859)}}
*''[Potadoma mupandae](/source/Potadoma_mupandae)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma nageli](/source/Potadoma_nageli)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma nyakabingoensis](/source/Potadoma_nyakabingoensis)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma nyongensis](/source/Potadoma_nyongensis)'' {{small|Spence, 1928}}
*''[Potadoma olivoidea](/source/Potadoma_olivoidea)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma plicata](/source/Potadoma_plicata)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma ponthiervillensis](/source/Potadoma_ponthiervillensis)'' {{small|(Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900)}}
*''[Potadoma rahmi](/source/Potadoma_rahmi)'' {{small|E.Binder, 1955}}
*''[Potadoma riperti](/source/Potadoma_riperti)'' {{small|Samé-Ekobo & Kristensen, 1985}}
*''[Potadoma schoutedeni](/source/Potadoma_schoutedeni)'' {{small|Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927}}
*''[Potadoma sebugoroensis](/source/Potadoma_sebugoroensis)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma sengae](/source/Potadoma_sengae)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma spinifera](/source/Potadoma_spinifera)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma togoensis](/source/Potadoma_togoensis)'' {{small|Thiele, 1928}}
*''[Potadoma trochiformis](/source/Potadoma_trochiformis)'' {{small|(Clench, 1929)}}
*''[Potadoma undulosa](/source/Potadoma_undulosa)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma unicincta](/source/Potadoma_unicincta)'' {{small|Van Damme & Pickford, 2003}}
*''[Potadoma vogelii](/source/Potadoma_vogelii)'' {{small|E.Binder, 1955}}
*''[Potadoma wansoni](/source/Potadoma_wansoni)'' {{small|Bequaert & Clench, 1941}}
*''[Potadoma zenkeri](/source/Potadoma_zenkeri)'' {{small|(E.von Martens, 1901)}}
;Synonyms:
* ''Potadoma agglutinans'' <small>Bequaert & Clench, 1941</small>: synonym of ''[Melanoides agglutinans](/source/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](/source/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]

{{Taxonbar|from=Q20640522}}

Category:Pachychilidae
Category:Gastropod genera

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Potadoma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potadoma) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potadoma?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.