Potamolithus was traditionally classified within the Hydrobiidae.[2] However, anatomical study of Potamolithus by Davis & Pons da Silva (1984)[2] showed its relationship with Lithoglyphus,[2] and it is then placed within the family Lithoglyphidae.
The first appearance of the name Potamolithus was in November 1896 as a
nomen nudum (a bare name with no description or illustration).[5][6] The genus was formally defined by Pilsbry in December 1896.[1]
Distribution
Potamolithus is the only genus of the family Tateidae in South America. Distribution of Potamolithus includes
Argentina (22 species, 11 species are endemic to Argentina),[7]Uruguay (17 species)[8] and
Brazil.[3]Potamolithus is the largest genus (i.e. the one with the highest
species richness) of recent freshwater snails in Argentina[7] and in Uruguay.[8]
^
abcPilsbry H. A. (1896). "Notes on new species of Amnicolidae collected by Dr. Rush in Uruguay". The Nautilus10: 86-90.
page 86.
^
abcdDavis G. M. & Pons da Silva M. C. (1984). "Potamolithus: morphology, convergence, and relationships among hydrobioid snails". Malacologia25:
73-108.
^
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuRumi A., Gregoric D. E. G., Núñez V., César I. I., Roche M. A., Tassara M. P., Martín S. M. & Armengol M. F. L. (2006). "Freshwater Gastropoda from Argentina: Species Richness, Distribution Patterns, and an Evaluation of Endangered Species". Malacologia49(1): 189-208.
doi:
10.4002/1543-8120-49.1.189.
table.
^Pilsbry H. A. & Rush W. H. (1896). "List, with notes, of land and fresh water shells collected by Dr. Wm. H. Rush in Uruguay and Argentina". The Nautilus10(7): 76-81.
page 80.
^Lopez Armengol M. F. & Mancefiido M. O. (1992). "Case 2801. Potamolithus Pilsbry, 1896 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed confirmation of P. rushii Pilsbry, 1896 as the type species". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature49(2):
109.
^
abRumi A., Gregoric D. E. G., Núñez V. & Darrigran G. A. (2008). "Malacología Latinoamericana. Moluscos de agua dulce de Argentina". Revista de Biología Tropical56(1): 77-111.
HTM.
^
abcdefghPilsbry H. A. (1911). "Non-marine Mollusca of Patagonia". In: Scott W. B. (ed.) Reports of the Princeton University Expedition to Patagonia 1896–18993:
513-633. Potamolithus is on pages
566-602, plates
38-41.
^
abcdBichuette M. E. & Trajano E. (2003). "A population study of epigean and subterranean Potamolithus snails from southeast Brazil (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)". Hydrobiologia505: 107-117.
abstract,
PDF.
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Potamolithus.
Bichuette M. E. (1998). "Distribuição e biologia de gastrópodes de água doce, gênero Potamolithus, no Vale do Alto Ribeira, São Paulo (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)". M. Sc. Thesis – Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. 127 pp.
López Armengol M. F. (1985). "Estudio sistemaco y bioecológico del género Potamolithus (Hydrobiidae) utilizando técnicas de taxonomía numérica Tesis Doctoral (N°. 455)". Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
López Armengol M. F. & Darrigran G. (1998). "Distribución del género neotropical Potamolithus Pilsbry & Rush, 1896 (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) en el estuario del Río de la Plata". Iberus16: 267-274.
Potamolithus was traditionally classified within the Hydrobiidae.[2] However, anatomical study of Potamolithus by Davis & Pons da Silva (1984)[2] showed its relationship with Lithoglyphus,[2] and it is then placed within the family Lithoglyphidae.
The first appearance of the name Potamolithus was in November 1896 as a
nomen nudum (a bare name with no description or illustration).[5][6] The genus was formally defined by Pilsbry in December 1896.[1]
Distribution
Potamolithus is the only genus of the family Tateidae in South America. Distribution of Potamolithus includes
Argentina (22 species, 11 species are endemic to Argentina),[7]Uruguay (17 species)[8] and
Brazil.[3]Potamolithus is the largest genus (i.e. the one with the highest
species richness) of recent freshwater snails in Argentina[7] and in Uruguay.[8]
^
abcPilsbry H. A. (1896). "Notes on new species of Amnicolidae collected by Dr. Rush in Uruguay". The Nautilus10: 86-90.
page 86.
^
abcdDavis G. M. & Pons da Silva M. C. (1984). "Potamolithus: morphology, convergence, and relationships among hydrobioid snails". Malacologia25:
73-108.
^
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuRumi A., Gregoric D. E. G., Núñez V., César I. I., Roche M. A., Tassara M. P., Martín S. M. & Armengol M. F. L. (2006). "Freshwater Gastropoda from Argentina: Species Richness, Distribution Patterns, and an Evaluation of Endangered Species". Malacologia49(1): 189-208.
doi:
10.4002/1543-8120-49.1.189.
table.
^Pilsbry H. A. & Rush W. H. (1896). "List, with notes, of land and fresh water shells collected by Dr. Wm. H. Rush in Uruguay and Argentina". The Nautilus10(7): 76-81.
page 80.
^Lopez Armengol M. F. & Mancefiido M. O. (1992). "Case 2801. Potamolithus Pilsbry, 1896 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): proposed confirmation of P. rushii Pilsbry, 1896 as the type species". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature49(2):
109.
^
abRumi A., Gregoric D. E. G., Núñez V. & Darrigran G. A. (2008). "Malacología Latinoamericana. Moluscos de agua dulce de Argentina". Revista de Biología Tropical56(1): 77-111.
HTM.
^
abcdefghPilsbry H. A. (1911). "Non-marine Mollusca of Patagonia". In: Scott W. B. (ed.) Reports of the Princeton University Expedition to Patagonia 1896–18993:
513-633. Potamolithus is on pages
566-602, plates
38-41.
^
abcdBichuette M. E. & Trajano E. (2003). "A population study of epigean and subterranean Potamolithus snails from southeast Brazil (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)". Hydrobiologia505: 107-117.
abstract,
PDF.
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Potamolithus.
Bichuette M. E. (1998). "Distribuição e biologia de gastrópodes de água doce, gênero Potamolithus, no Vale do Alto Ribeira, São Paulo (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)". M. Sc. Thesis – Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. 127 pp.
López Armengol M. F. (1985). "Estudio sistemaco y bioecológico del género Potamolithus (Hydrobiidae) utilizando técnicas de taxonomía numérica Tesis Doctoral (N°. 455)". Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
López Armengol M. F. & Darrigran G. (1998). "Distribución del género neotropical Potamolithus Pilsbry & Rush, 1896 (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) en el estuario del Río de la Plata". Iberus16: 267-274.