Potomida

Potomida
Potomida littoralis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Unionida
Superfamily:	Unionoidea
Family:	Unionidae
Genus:	Potomida Swainson, 1840
Type species
Mysca (Potomida) corrugataSwainson, 1840
Synonyms
Mysca (Potomida)Swainson, 1840 (original rank) Potomida (Potomida)Swainson, 1840 † Potomida (Wenziella)Modell, 1958 (junior subjective synonym) RhombunioGermain, 1911 † RytiaStefanescu, 1896 (subjective synonym) † SabbaiaCossmann, 1897 † SulcopotomidaStarobogatov, 1970 (junior subjective synonym) † Unio (Rytia)Stefanescu, 1896 (subjective synonym) † Unio (Wenziella)Modell, 1958 (junior subjective synonym) † WenziellaModell, 1958 (junior subjective synonym)

Potomida is a genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Gonideinae of the family Unionidae. ^{[1] [2]}

The species of this genus are found in Eurasia. ^[1]

Species

• † Potomida acarnanica (Kobelt, 1879)
• † Potomida attica (Gaudry & P.Fischer, 1867)
• † Potomida berbestiensis (Fontannes, 1886)
• † Potomida bielzi (Czekelius, 1864)
• † Potomida breastensis (Ionescu-Argetoaia, 1918)
• † Potomida clivosa (Brusina, 1874)
• † Potomida cymatoides (Brusina, 1874)
• † Potomida gorjensis (Teisseyre, 1911)
• † Potomida herjei (Porumbaru, 1881)
• † Potomida intepei Taner, 1997
• † Potomida kinzelbachi Schütt, 1988
• Potomida littoralis (Cuvier, 1798)
• † Potomida loewenecki Modell, 1950 (uncertain, unassessed)
• † Potomida mactraeformis (Ionescu-Argetoaia, 1918) (temporary name, junior homonym of Unio mactraeformis Brusina, 1902; no replacement name or synonym known)
• † Potomida ovata Chepalyga (uncertain, unassessed)
• † Potomida ponderosa (Wenz, 1942)
• † Potomida prominula (Stefanescu, 1889)
• † Potomida seljani (Brusina, 1902)
• Potomida semirugata (Lamarck, 1819)
• † Potomida slanicensis (Teisseyre, 1907)
• † Potomida stachei (Neumayr, 1875)
• † Potomida subclivosa (Teisseyre, 1911)
• † Potomida subrectangularis (Blanckenhorn, 1927)
• † Potomida tanaica Modell, 1950 (uncertain, unassessed)
• † Potomida vukotinovici (M.Hörnes, 1870)
• † Potomida wilhelmi (Penecke, 1883)

Synonyms

• Potomida altecarinatus(Penecke, 1883) †: synonym of Potomida altecarinata(Penecke, 1883) † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
• Potomida craiovensis(Tournouër, 1880) †: synonym of Psilunio craiovensis (Tournouër, 1880) †
• Potomida delesserti(Bourguignat, 1852): synonym of Potomida semirugata(Lamarck, 1819)
• Potomida mactreformis [sic] †: synonym of Potomida mactraeformis(Ionescu-Argetoaia, 1918) †
• Potomida neumayri(Penecke, 1883) †: synonym of Potomida jurisici(Brusina, 1896) † (unaccepted > junior homonym)
• Potomida ottiliae(Penecke, 1883) †: synonym of Psilunio (Psilunio) ottiliae(Penecke, 1883) † represented as Psilunio ottiliae (Penecke, 1883) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
• Potomida prominulus [sic] †: synonym of Potomida prominula(Stefanescu, 1889) † (incorrect gender of specific epithet)
• Potomida slavonicus(M. Hörnes, 1865) †: synonym of Potomida slavonica(M. Hörnes, 1865) † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
• Potomida sturi(M. Hörnes, 1865) †: synonym of Bogatschevia sturi (M. Hörnes, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
• Potomida tracheae(Kobelt & Rolle, 1895): synonym of Potomida semirugata(Lamarck, 1819)
• Potomida vukasovicianus(Brusina, 1874) †: synonym of Rytia vukasoviciana (Brusina, 1874) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

References

1. "Potomida Swainson, 1840". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Potomida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1067374 on 7 February 2022

• Modell, H. (1958). Die tertiären Najaden des ungarischen Beckens. Geologisches Jahrbuch. 75: 197–249.
• Starobogatov, Y. I. (1970). Fauna Molliuskov i Zoogeograficheskoe Raionirovanie Kontinental'nykh Vodoemov Zemnogo Shara
• Stefanescu, S. (1896). Études sur les Terrains tertiaires de Roumanie. Contribution a l'étude des faunes sarmatique, pontique et levantine. Mémoirs de la Société Géologique de France, Mémoir 15. Paléontologique. 6 (2–3), 1–147.

External links

• Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp