Potomida

Genus of bivalves

Potomida
Potomida littoralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.[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. ^ a b "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 2022-02-07
  • 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
Taxon identifiers
Potomida