Potadoma liberiensis

Potadoma liberiensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.

Potadoma liberiensis

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pachychilidae
Genus:
Potadoma
Species:
P. liberiensis
Binomial name
Potadoma liberiensis
(Schepman, 1888)[2]
Synonyms[1]

Melania Liberiensis Schepman, 1888

Distribution

This species occurs in:

The type locality is "on rocks in the St. Paul's River near Bavia", Liberia.[2]

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References
  1. Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2010). "Potadoma liberiensis". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 4 November 2012.
  2. Schepman M. M. (1888). "Zoological researches in Liberia. List of Mollusca, with descriptions of new species". Notes from the Leyden Museum 10: 245-252, pages 248-249, plate 10, figure 4.


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