Potadoma liberiensis

Potadoma liberiensis
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Pachychilidae
Genus:	Potadoma
Species:	P. liberiensis
Binomial name
	Potadoma liberiensis; (Schepman, 1888)[2]
Synonyms[1]
	Melania Liberiensis Schepman, 1888

Potadoma liberiensis is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pachychilidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

The type locality is "on rocks in the St. Paul's River near Bavia", Liberia.[2]

Kristensen T. K. & Stensgaard A-S. (2010). "Potadoma liberiensis". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 4 November 2012.
Schepman M. M. (1888). "Zoological researches in Liberia. List of Mollusca, with descriptions of new species". Notes from the Leyden Museum 10: 245-252, pages 248-249, plate 10, figure 4.

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