Potomida
Genus of bivalves
Potomida
Potomida littoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Unionida
Superfamily:
Unionoidea
Family:
Unionidae
Genus:
Potomida Swainson , 1840
Type species
Mysca (Potomida) corrugata Swainson, 1840
Synonyms
Mysca (Potomida) Swainson, 1840 (original rank)
Potomida (Potomida) Swainson, 1840
† Potomida (Wenziella) Modell, 1958 (junior subjective synonym)
Rhombunio Germain, 1911
† Rytia Stefanescu, 1896 (subjective synonym)
† Sabbaia Cossmann, 1897
† Sulcopotomida Starobogatov, 1970 (junior subjective synonym)
† Unio (Rytia) Stefanescu, 1896 (subjective synonym)
† Unio (Wenziella) Modell, 1958 (junior subjective synonym)
† Wenziella Modell, 1958 (junior subjective synonym)
Potomida is a genus of bivalves belonging to the subfamily Gonideinae of the family Unionidae .
The species of this genus are found in Eurasia.
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
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.