Potamolithus
Potamolithus is a genus of small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Tateidae.
Potamolithus was traditionally classified within the Hydrobiidae. However, anatomical study of Potamolithus by Davis & Pons da Silva (1984) showed its relationship with Lithoglyphus, and it is then placed within the family Lithoglyphidae.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Potamolithus catharinae
speciesPotamolithus catharinae
Potamolithus australis
speciesPotamolithus australis
Potamolithus conicus
speciesPotamolithus conicus
Potamolithus lapidum
speciesPotamolithus lapidum
Potamolithus paranensis
speciesPotamolithus paranensis
Potamolithus simplex
speciesPotamolithus simplex
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 149923.