Philopotamis is a genus of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in thesubfamily Paludominae of the family Paludomidae.[1]

Philopotamis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Paludomidae
Genus: Philopotamis
Layard, 1855
Type species
Paludomus sulcatus Reeve, 1847
Synonyms[1]
  • Heteropoma Benson, 1856 (objective synonym)
  • Paludomus (Philopotamis) Layard, 1855

Species

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Taxon inquirendum
  • Philopotamis thwaitesii Layard, 1855

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Philopotamis Layard, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057367 on 2022-04-22
  • Subba Rao M.V. (1989). Handbook: freshwater molluscs of India. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. i-xxiii,1-289
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