Marine Species Traits - Melania (Potadoma) Swainson, 1840

Traits name details

Melania (Potadoma) Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

1261938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1261938)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (considered a separate genus)

Accepted name

Potadoma Swainson, 1840

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Melania Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Thiara Röding, 1798

Direct children (1)

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Species Melania (Potadoma) veterna Meek & Hayden, 1861 † accepted as Lioplacodes veternus (Meek & Hayden, 1861) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Melania (Potadoma) Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261938 on 2025-09-19

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Melania (Potadoma) Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1261938 on 2025-09-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2018-06-29 12:03:55Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (0)

Not documented