Pomatiopsis


Pomatiopsis is a genus of amphibious snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic freshwater gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.
Pomatiopsis is the type genus of the family Pomatiopsidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Pomatiopsis includes the USA: West Coast of [the United States], Midwestern [United States] and Eastern United States.

Description

In 1862, the American malacologist George Washington Tryon first defined this genus. Tryon's diagnosis reads as follows:

Species

There are four species within the genus Pomatiopsis:
Species in the genus Pomatiopsis are amphibious, living in humid habitats, on marshy ground and in periodically flooded soil, in trickling water and on mud of streams.