Potadoma is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Pachychilidae.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
The species of this genus are found in Africa and Caribbean.
Species: Potadoma alutacea Potadoma angulata Potadoma bicarinata Potadoma bifidicincta Potadoma brevissima Potadoma buttikoferi Potadoma emerenciae Potadoma freethi Potadoma graptoconus Potadoma ignobilis Potadoma kadeii Potadoma kanyatsiae Potadoma kyeoroensis Potadoma liberiensis Potadoma liricincta Potadoma lomekwiensis Potadoma moerchi Potadoma mupandae Potadoma nageli Potadoma nyakabingoensis Potadoma nyongensis Potadoma olivoidea Potadoma plicata Potadoma ponthiervillensis Potadoma rahmi Potadoma riperti Potadoma schoutedeni Potadoma sebugoroensis Potadoma sengae Potadoma spinifera Potadoma togoensis Potadoma trochiformis Potadoma undulosa Potadoma unicincta Potadoma vogelii Potadoma wansoni Potadoma zenkeri Synonyms Potadoma agglutinans Bequaert & Clench, 1941: synonym of Melanoides agglutinans (Bequaert & Clench, 1941) (original combination) Potadoma bequaerti E. Binder, 1963: synonym of Potadoma liberiensis (Schepman, 1888) Potadoma ganahli Connolly, 1930 †: synonym of Neothauma ganahli (Connolly, 1930) † (new combination) Potadoma medjeorum Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: synonym of Potadoma liricincta (E. A. Smith, 1888) Potadoma mungwana Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: synonym of Potadoma ignobilis (Thiele, 1911) (junior synonym) Potadoma pokoensis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: synonym of Potadoma liricincta (E. A. Smith, 1888) (junior synonym) Potadoma superba Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927: synonym of Potadoma ponthiervillensis (Dupuis & Putzeys, 1900) (junior synonym) Potadoma tigrinum Connolly, 1938: synonym of Potadoma freethi tigrinum Connolly, 1938 Potadoma tornata (Martens, 1892): synonym of Potadoma liricincta (E. A. Smith, 1888)
References
Martens, E. von. (1901). Eine neue Süsswasserschnecke aus Kamerun. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. (1901): 26-27.
External links Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp. 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