Pseudopotamis

Pseudopotamis is a genus of freshwater snails which have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pachychilidae.

Distribution

It occurs on the Torres Strait Islands.
A sister group of Pseudopotamis is genus Tylomelania. Pseudopotamis and Tylomelania split in the Middle Miocene c. 19.5 Mya.

Species

Species within the genus Pseudopotamis include:Pseudopotamis semoni Martens, 1894Pseudopotamis supralirata - synonym: Pseudopotamis finschi Martens, 1894 - type species

Description

Pallial oviduct evolved into an uterine brood.

Ecology

Species in the genus Pseudopotamis are ovoviviparous.