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Potadoma liberiensis

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Potadoma liberiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pachychilidae
Genus: Potadoma
Species:
P. liberiensis
Binomial name
Potadoma liberiensis
(Schepman, 1888)[2]
Synonyms[1]

Melania Liberiensis Schepman, 1888

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

Distribution

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This species occurs in:

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2010). "Potadoma liberiensis". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b 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.