POTAMIDIDAE Index


  Cerithidea
Cerithideopsilla
Pachymelania
Potamides
Rhinocoryne
Telescopium
Terebralia
Tympanotonus

  Cerithidea Swainson, 1840 (depths in collection: intertidal, extreme low tide)

 
 
Cerithidea anticipata Iredale, 1929
Australia
Queensland 34mm
Cerithidea obtusa (Lamarck, 1822)
Madagascar to SE. Asia, NW. Australia
Singapore 39mm
Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin, 1791)
Red Sea to S. Japan, to Australia
Okinawa 25mm
     
 
Cerithidea decollata (Linnaeus, 1758)
W. Indian ocean
Mozambique 30,5mm
   
 
 
Cerithidea albonodosa Gould & Carpenter, 1857
Gulf of California
Gulf of California 27mm
Cerithidea mazatlanica (Carpenter, 1857)
W. Mexico to W. Panama
W. Costa Rica 36mm
Cerithidea montagnei (d'Orbigny, 1837)
W. Mexico to Ecuador
W. Panama 34mm
   
 
Cerithidea valida (C.B. Adams, 1852)
W. Mexico to Ecuador
Costa Rica 40mm
Cerithidea californica (Haldeman, 1840)
California to W. Mexico
California 27mm
 


  Cerithideopsilla Thiele, 1929 (depths in collection: intertidal)

     
 
Cerithideopsilla microptera (Kiener, 1842)
Indo-Pacific
Sabah 30mm
   


  Pachymelania E.A. Smith, 1896 (depths in collection: low tide)

   
 
Pachymelania aurita (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Mauritania to Cameroon
Cameroon 32mm
Pachymelania byronensis (Wood, 1828)
Senegal to Zaire
Ghana 41mm
 


  Potamides Brongniart, 1810 (depths in collection: beach, muddy lagoon)

   
 
Potamides conicus (Blainville, 1829)
Mediterranean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf
Italy 15-19mm
Potamides conicus (Blainville, 1829)
Mediterranean, Red Sea, Persian Gulf
Crete 14mm
 


  Rhinocoryne von Martens, 1900 (depths in collection: unknown)

     
 
Rhinocoryne humboldti (Valenciennes, 1832)
W. Mexico to Chile
G_PTMD_001 W. Mexico 34mm
   


  Telescopium Montfort, 1810 (depths in collection: unknown)

     
 
Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Indo-W. Pacific
G_PTMD_011Philippines 79mm
   


  Terebralia Swainson, 1840 (depths in collection: low tide)

   
 
Terebralia sulcata (von Born, 1778)
Ryu Kyu to Australia, Viet Nam to W. Pacific
G_PTMD_002 Philippines 47mm
Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767)
SE. Asia to Australia, Red Sea & E. Africa to Philippines
G_PTMD_010 Philippines 89mm
 


  Tympanotonus Klein in Schumacher, 1817 (depths in collection: unknown)

 
 
Tympanotonus fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Senegal to Angola
G_PTMD_006 Casamance 48mm
Tympanotonus fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Senegal to Angola
Cameroon 32-40mm
Tympanotonus fuscatus radula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Senegal to Angola
G_PTMD_007 Casamance 42mm



  POTAMIDIDAE Index