| Potamolithus rushii | |
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| Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of type specimen of Potamolithus rushii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Tateidae |
| Genus: | Potamolithus |
| Species: | P. rushii
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| Binomial name | |
| Potamolithus rushii | |
Potamolithus rushii is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.
Potamolithus rushii is the type species of the genus Potamolithus.[1]
The specific name rushii is in honor of Dr. William H. Rush (18??-1918), who collected this species.[1]
- ^ a b c Pilsbry H. A. (1896). "Notes on new species of Amnicolidae collected by Dr. Rush in Uruguay". The Nautilus 10: 86-90. page 87.