Potamides archiaci Halder and Sinha 2014 (horn snail)

Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Potamididae

Full reference: K. Halder and P. Sinha. 2014. Some Eocene Cerithioids (Gastropoda, Mollusca) from Kutch, Western India, and Their Bearing on Palaeobiogeography of the Indian Subcontinent. Paleontology Journal

Belongs to Potamides according to K. Halder and P. Sinha 2014

Sister taxa: Potamides (Lampanella), Potamides (Potamides), Potamides (Potamidopsis), Potamides (Ptychopotamides), Potamides avus, Potamides cancelloides, Potamides caobasensis, Potamides carbonicola, Potamides chira, Potamides corrugatum, Potamides diadema, Potamides gracilior, Potamides henryi, Potamides hondensis, Potamides huzutai, Potamides isabenense, Potamides janeae, Potamides lamarcki, Potamides lamarckii, Potamides lewisiana, Potamides maracaibensis, Potamides matsoni, Potamides occidentalis, Potamides roumaini, Potamides saltillensis, Potamides satillensis, Potamides sespeensis, Potamides silverdalensis, Potamides sisophonensis, Potamides suprasulcatus, Potamides trituberculatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Harudi village, which is in a Lutetian shallow subtidal shale in the Harudi Formation of India

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Harudi village

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