Pomatiopsis is a genus of amphibious with gills and an operculum, aquatic freshwater gastropod 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.
[Davis G. M. (1979). "The origin and evolution of the gastropod family Pomatiopsidae, with emphasis on the Mekong river Triculinae". Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 20: 1-120. . at Google Books.]
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:
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Pomatiopsis binneyi Tryon, 1863
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Pomatiopsis californica Pilsbry, 1899
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Pomatiopsis chacei Pilsbry, 1937
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Pomatiopsis cincinnatiensis (Lea, 1840)
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Pomatiopsis hinkleyi Pilsbry, 1896
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Pomatiopsis lapidaria (Say, 1817) - type species
Ecology
Species in the genus
Pomatiopsis are amphibious, living in humid habitats, on marshy ground and in periodically flooded soil (
Pomatiopsis californica and
Pomatiopsis lapidaria), in trickling water (
Pomatiopsis binneyi) and on mud of streams (
Pomatiopsis cincinnatiensis).
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