Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 52 meters (171 feet).Standard Deviation = 264.100 based on 11 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Neotaenioglossa
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Discopoda
()
- P. Fischer, 1884
- Infraorder:
Discopoda
()
- Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
()
- C.a. Fleming, 1822
- Family:
Potamididae
()
- H. & A. Adams, 1854
- Subfamily:
Potamidinae
()
- Genus:
Potamides
()
- (de Blainville, 1829)
- Specific name:
conicus
- (Blaiville, 1826)
- Scientific name: - Potamides conicus (Blaiville, 1826)
- Specific name:
conicus
- (Blaiville, 1826)
- Genus:
Potamides
(
- Subfamily:
Potamidinae
(
- Family:
Potamididae
(
- Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
(
- Infraorder:
Discopoda
(
- Suborder:
Discopoda
(
- Order:
Neotaenioglossa
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Potamides
There are approximately 48 species in this genus:
P. angulosus · P. aspalagensis · P. australis · P. cahobasensis · P. caledonicus · P. cinctus · P. cingulatum · P. cingulatus · P. confluens · P. conicus · P. conoideus · P. cordieri · P. crassicostatus · P. cristatus · P. cumingi · P. decollatus · P. delocatus · P. diadema · P. disjunctus · P. dixoni · P. ebenius · P. flluciatilis · P. fluviatile · P. fluviatilis · P. fluviatilis alatus · P. fuscatum · P. fuscum · P. humboldtii · P. iostomus · P. lamarcki · P. lapidum · P. margaritaceus · P. matsoni · P. mitralis · P. palustre · P. palustris · P. perditus · P. plicatus · P. qararaensis · P. sespeensis · P. sulcatum moluccanum · P. sulcatus · P. telescopium · P. tenuis · P. tricinctus · P. trochlearispina · P. vagus · P. ventricosus
Bibliography
- Bosch, D.T; Dance, S.P.; Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver, P.G., 1995, Seashells of Eastern Arabia, pg.56.
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 15, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 15, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, MedOBIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1923697
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14881335
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 679549
